Observer Name
Josh Palmer
Observation Date
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Wolverine Cirque
Location Name or Route
Wolverine Cirque - Zoot
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
18"
Width
150'
Vertical
350'
Comments
Not confident in snow stability on the skin in. Stepped on the snow at the entrance to the chute in an effort to test snowpack stability. Shooting crack immediately shot across the entire chute and the whole thing slid. No one carried or in harms way. Skied Granny's down. The snowpack is consolidating into a slab but is definitely having a hard time bonding to the weak layer from the warm weather last week. Pretty dangerous combo with the new storm slab and weak layer that is staying stubborn. Visibility was bad

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