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Avalanche: Grizzly Gulch

Observer Name
Aaron Rice
Observation Date
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch
Location Name or Route
Grizzly gulch
Elevation
9,400'
Slope Angle
33°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
90'
Vertical
50'
Comments
Skinning up the Michigan city road early this morning. Winds were howling out of the west. As we crossed a small but steep slope above the gulch I was keeping the skin track just above the convexity and a crack shot out 50' from my skis and the whole slope fractured and slide to the bottom of the gully. Not a huge avalanche, but most of the slope that could have gone did. I would not want to venture out on to any bigger slopes today. With very strong winds, a persistent weak layer on certain slopes and aspects and high intensity snowfall rates of mostly grauple increased avalanche danger is a certain today.
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