Observer Name
Maxwell Morrill
Observation Date
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch » Michigan City
Location Name or Route
Grizzly Gulch / Michigan City
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
South
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
14"
Width
15'
Comments
Watched this happen from afar while skinning up the Black Bess lower skin track. A party of 4-5 skiers dropping in on the Rock City/ Michigan City route and released two separate dry snow avalanches on the rollover to the flats (pyramid gap.)
Visual observation, poor bonding structure between new snow (21") interface and SC (sun crust) layer from several days of long wave solar from last week.
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