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Avalanche: Maybird Gulch

Observer Name
James Hicks
Observation Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Maybird Gulch
Location Name or Route
Maybird Aprons
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
8"
Width
40'
Vertical
40'
Comments
After skiing the first pitch of the Maybird Aprons, we stopped above the little bowl like feature on the skier's right. I traversed out above the bowl and I noticed cracking that propagated out and released a small pocket at my feet right at the roll over. Ran on a pencil hard surface without a noticeable weak layer above it. Not big enough to be hazardous, but a good indicator of conditions. Also experienced a shallow soft slab that propagated a total of about 200 feet wide but only 3 to 4 inches deep. Ran in the steep bowl just below where the skin track usually hits the Red Pine/Maybird ridge (no photos).
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