Observer Name
UAC Staff
Observation Date
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name or Route
Upper Big Cottonwood Canyon
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
600'
Comments
- Big Cottonwood Canyon- Southwest facing- explosive triggered "failed to the ground" late afternoon
- Snake Creek-Northeast-East facing aspects- natural and human triggered avalanches. Wet loose turning to wet slab avalanches
- Snake Creek-Northeast aspect-natural rock fall triggered wet loose turning to wet slab
- Sunset Peak- Northeast aspect- snmowboarder triggered wet loose turning to wet slab
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