Avalanche: East Bowl

Observer Name
A Scharff
Observation Date
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Avalanche Date
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » East Bowl
Location Name or Route
Upper Silver Fork > East Bowl
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
1,000'
Vertical
500'
Comments
While setting the skin track up the Honeycomb ridgeline, we heard a large collapse and saw propagation about 20' away on the East Bowl side. We were able to get a better view of it further up the ridge. Looked to be a dry slab avalanche with 1-3' crown, ~1000' wide and running ~600' towards the bottom of the bowl. We didn't have the best view for photos. The two attached are from the start location near our skin track, and the bottom 8 photos are an additional set of photos from the ridge. This avalanche width was approximately from East Bowl Pass to Flanagans.
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