Observer Name
Colby
Observation Date
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Main Days
Location Name or Route
Main Days
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
14"
Comments
Walked up Flagstaff this morning in hopes of finding some safe powder in West Bowl or Hideaway Park. Found a stout (3-5mm!) rime crust instead.... on all aspects from the road to the ridge. We observed numerous natural slab avalanches on mostly NE aspects: Multiples in the Cardiac area and a large, relatively new one mid slope in Main Days. The Main Days slide must have occurred after the snow had stopped yesterday, it looked very fresh. We were far away, but it didn't look like the it gouged deeper into the snowpack beyond the most recent storm snow.
Comments
Pretty scary snowpack setup right now. Rime crust on top of wind slab on top of unconsolidated powder on top of sun crusts and/or multiple facet layers. If we add another 2 feet of wind affected snow on top of that tomorrow, it will be an interesting few days.
STAY SAFE OUT THERE!
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