Observer Name
Logan Jamison
Observation Date
Friday, January 15, 2016
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 15, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Two Dogs
Location Name or Route
Two Dogs
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
18"
Width
40'
Vertical
150'
Caught
1
Comments
Our party of three witnessed a couple of soft slabs this morning just below the ridge line in Two Dogs. One was naturally triggered (or remotely by us, but we didn't notice) and one was triggered by myself while skinning up. Both were in wind loaded areas with rock slabs as part of the bed surface. Neither was very large, but you would have gotten dragged over some rocks on the way down. Abundant, long running sluffing was also noted.
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