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Avalanche: Wyatt Couloir

Observer Name
Hardesty and Diegel
Observation Date
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Wyatt Couloir
Location Name or Route
Wyatt Couloir
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
16"
Width
100'
Vertical
400'
Comments

Likely triggered by cornice fall Thursday. mid-morning as Mark White walked through the area earlier that morning and saw no avalanche in the terrain noted here. Facets the culprit beneath 12-18" of storm snow. 1" pencil wind slab sits just above the faceted grains. Cornice piece noted adjacent to the slide. Below Wyatt Couloir

Of note, found full propagation adjacent to the crown 10cm down within the faceted snow. Faceted snow .5mm and damp. Probed length of the crown and found average 200cm depth snowpack there - not a thin weak spot trigger. Dug at lower Cardiac Bowl rollover and saw similar structure....though slab was 50cm, facets not as weak - ECTN

Comments

Ski and snowboard tracks litter representative terrain with completely different results....

Comments

This avalanche NOT one as reported from yesterday (or as I relay via the video....) New slide - Thursday midday cornice fall triggered natural -

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