Observer Name
Logan J
Observation Date
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Avalanche Date
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Days Fork
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
2'
Width
50'
Vertical
300'
Comments
We set out today to dig around in the snow and see what the new snow was doing. I was putting a skin track in on the windward side of the ridge and it was rather scoured. There were two ridges that met at the trigger point and it was loaded. I thought I was high enough above the steep part of the slope that it wouldn't release, but I triggered it. It failed on facets (on the ground) and was a hard slab at the failure location.
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