Observation Date
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Avalanche Date
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » Davenport Hill
Location Name or Route
Davenport Hill
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
60'
Vertical
150'
Snow Profile Comments
New snow covering thick pencil hard wind slab on top of weak faceted snow near the ground.
Comments
Checking out the snowpack up on Davenport Hill today. Remotely triggered a slide above Down and Out. The crown was 1-4 feet deep, 60 ft wide and the slide ran about 150-200 ft where it stopped at some tree anchors.
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