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Avalanche: Jaws

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Friday, May 1, 2015
Avalanche Date
Friday, May 1, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Jaws
Location Name or Route
Jaws, Upper Days Fork
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
3.5'
Width
100'
Vertical
700'
Comments

Went up Toledo Bowl this morning with a plan of recovering my buddy's skis and poles which he lost earlier this year in a season ending avalanche in Jaws, wanted to do it before the south facing was totally melted out. Once we got to the Jaws slide path we realized it had avalanched to the ground most likely yesterday with the afternoon heating. Debris pile was at least 20ft deep at the toe of the slide, and there was dense chunks the size of dumpsters here and there. The slide went to the ground and cleaned the slope down to the dirt. The major part of the slide was covering the exact location where my buddy got buried, not the best scenario for locating lost equipment, oh well maybe in July.