Observation Date
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Avalanche Date
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior
Location Name or Route
Superior Apron
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
South
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
80'
Vertical
Unknown
Caught
2
Carried
2
Comments
Coming from a chute that had seen quite a bit of skier compaction (towards the top tracks were still visible) underneath a terrain feature where multiple starting zones ended in one runout zone. New snow on a hard bed surface. We ignored warning signs: snow sluffing of rocks, and an increasing PI rate. Two people were caught (out of a party of four). Due to visibility we could not see the starting zone but the debris pile in the apron was 80x300 ft. Debris was more than 7 feet deep in places.
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