Observer Name
Aaron Rice
Observation Date
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak » Gods Lawnmower
Location Name or Route
Gods Lawnmower
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Comments
Been meaning to post this for a couple days and just getting around to it. Sorry.
I really don't know too much about this avalanche but saw it from across the way while skiing Raymond on 4/19. It was strikingly large. R2 D2.5, bigger than any other slide (minus glides) I've seen in a few weeks.
Based on size I am thinking it may have failed at the ground interface, as with the 3 previously reported avalanches on similar aspects and elevations in LCC. However, I never got a closer look, and maybe it was just the new snow that slide large and gouged into old isothemic snow below.
I am also guessing (hoping?) that it was not human triggered, as if it was I would hope that they would have put up a report themselves on a slide of this size.
Sorry I didn't get a closer look, but figured it was still worth posting.
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