Observer Name
Bill
Observation Date
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Guardsman Pass area
Location Name or Route
Guardsman Pass
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
8"
Width
80'
Vertical
175'
Comments
We were touring along guardsman pass area and saw a nice looking cornice above an obvious slide path off of guardsman road. After ensuring the path was clear of people, my partner approached the cornice and when he was about 10 feet from it, it remotely triggered the slide. It propagated around the corner from SE aspect to the due S aspect. Rapid wind transport was the main problem on this slope and due to this, I would not recommend traveling past the pass on guardsman road due to the chance of remotely triggering one of the steep slide paths that overhangs the road.
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