Observer Name
Spencer D.
Observation Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Main Days
Location Name or Route
Main Days
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
10"
Width
200'
Vertical
200'
Comments
Lots of shooting cracks and short running soft slabs as we worked our way around the wind loaded ridges. Went up towards main days for the second run and dropped in on the lower shoulder to avoid the head wall above. Towards the bottom I decided to go take a look at the final steep rollover assuming that I might get a smaller slide running seeing as how it was not being loaded the same way that the ridges above were. I was very surprised to watch the entire slope release and run trough the trees. Thing are not running with a whole lot of energy, but why split hairs, it was enough to scare us away from being on or below any sustained steep runs.
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