Observer Name
Kobernik
Observation Date
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Days Headwall
Location Name or Route
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
100'
Vertical
800'
Comments
My party intentionally triggered three different soft slabs along the Days Fork Headwall on Wednesday. Once initiated, they would propagate around terrain features producing fairly wide slides. One produced a sizable enough dust cloud to obscure full grown trees 800 feet below the ridge.
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