Avalanche: Butler Basin

Observer Name
Tobe Long
Observation Date
Friday, January 27, 2017
Avalanche Date
Monday, January 23, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Butler Fork » Butler Basin
Location Name or Route
Butler Basin
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
2'
Width
200'
Vertical
500'
Comments

Sorry not more detail. We observed this from the weather station near Tom's Hill. Looked to be a large slab on an east face in upper Butler Basin.


Forecaster Comments: Guessing at naturalling on Monday 23 January.

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