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Avalanche: Days Fork

Observer Name
John Mletschnig
Observation Date
Monday, April 28, 2014
Avalanche Date
Monday, April 28, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Days Fork
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
14"
Width
400'
Vertical
500'
Comments
Remotely triggered four slides in Main Days, Banana Belt and Days draw. Days draw being the largest one and triggered from about 100' away while traveling on the ridge top. Slides were breaking down slope a fair ways and on slightly mellower slope angles than we anticipated, even with the spike in winds during the late afternoon. Slides appears to break on a very subtle density inversion right on top of the melt freeze crust from last Wednesday and Thursday (20cm above the now dirty snow layer).