Observer Name
Ben Peters
Observation Date
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak » Catchers Mit
Location Name or Route
Catcher's Mitt
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Comments
Observed debris from a natural slide in the main Catcher's Mitt bowl. The slide likely triggered in the chute to looker's right of the upper cliff band, but propagated across much of the east facing bowl and slid most of the way down the upper bowl. We didn't get close enough for good pictures or investigating the trigger point in detail, but it looked like new storm snow from last night, likely with added wind loading.
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