Observer Name
A. Nielsen
Observation Date
Monday, January 4, 2016
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 1, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Little Water
Location Name or Route
little water peak Millcreek/BCC ridgeline.
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
3'
Width
250'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
I went looking for soft snow on the north side of the Millcreek/Big Cottonwood ridgeline , I suspected that this would be a place you could trigger and Avalanche today because of the shallow snowpack in that area and the pre-existing facets. The wind was blowing really hard and transporting any available snow on to the north side of the ridge creating wind slabs that was stiff and stubborn but it was also overloading the facets. I'm not sure if this Avalanche record today or during the previous wind events. North east face of little water peak. Fire water is named on the wasatch backcountry map.
FORECASTER COMMENTS: Date is not certain and guessed as to timing of wind event.
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