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Avalanche: Little Cottonwood Canyon

Observer Name
Craig Gordon
Observation Date
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Avalanche Date
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name or Route
Upper LCC
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Natural
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Depth
2'
Width
50'
Vertical
300'
Comments

Late afternoon point release dribbled off of rocks, entrained some wet surface snow, then broke to the ground on a steeper section of the slope where the snowpack was thin and rotten. Not a huge slide, but stacked up an impressive pile o' debris none-the-less.

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