Avalanche: Kessler Peak

Observer Name
mark white
Observation Date
Friday, January 22, 2016
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak
Location Name or Route
Kessler, east facing
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
1,500'
Comments

This avalanche of the east face of Kessler peak was quite large, the debris from the slide crossed the road up Cardiff Fork and stopped about 40ft on the other side, the debris pile was up to 15ft deep in the transition zone, it also took out a few small trees at the bottom. I think this avalanche may have run on facets at the ground bye the size of the debris pile, not sure though can't really see the starting zone from down low.