Observer Name
Jordan McQueen
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Two Dogs
Location Name or Route
Two Dogs- Days
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
30'
Vertical
10'
Comments
We were a group of 2 skiing two dogs in Days fork. It was actively snowing with some wind loading. First skiers performed a ski cut at the top of two dogs and we saw no signs of instability at the time. The first skier skied the slope without incident. The second skier skied the same slope, but mid slope where the pitch starts to level off slightly a small pocket released and ran a short distance. The skier was able to ski away without incident. We inspected the slide from the bottom so measurements are only guesses. It looked to be a crown of 8-10" with a width of 30" and ran a short distance of 10 feet or so. After considering what could have been the cause since it released mid slope where the angle started to mellow out slightly we thought it could have been a grauple pocket that could have collected in that area forming a small isolated weak area.
We saw no other major signs of instabilities.
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