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Avalanche: 10420

Observer Name
Krebs
Observation Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » 10420
Location Name or Route
10420
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
10"
Width
50'
Vertical
200'
Comments
Placing a ski cut at the top of rollover prior to dropping into steep NNE facing trees produced ~50 ft wide soft slab. New snow only with observed crown ranging 6-10" Ran slowly on last week's faceted surface snow for a few hundred feet. There was also a slightly inverted density to the upper ~18"
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