Avalanche: Crow Chute

Observer Name
Makoff
Observation Date
Monday, January 11, 2016
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak » Crow Chute
Location Name or Route
Crow Chute, east facing Kessler
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Repeater
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
10"
Width
20'
Vertical
600'
Comments

Skier entered the chute and after a couple of turns noticed loose snow starting to entrain behind him so he cut out. The loose snow slide continued to entrain snow and ran at least 600 feet vertical. This didn't pose a great threat but definitely would've knocked a person over especially as it continued to gain mass as it entrained more snow on the decent. It ran on a bed surface of an avalanche from the Xmas cycle.

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