Observer Name
Dave
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Wolverine Cirque
Location Name or Route
Wolverine Cirque, THC
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
8"
Width
40'
Vertical
500'
Comments
Dropped a cornice to test slope of THC for wind slab activity and got a result. Slab broke and propagated, flushing out entire chute. Rocks and some vegetation on bed surface. Sorry no pictures, light went bad shortly after. Of note, someone had skied Bombay just a little further over in the cirque. Looks like they maybe made a slope cut at the top and got no results and skied it cleanly to the bottom.
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