Observer Name
Glew
Observation Date
Friday, March 2, 2012
Avalanche Date
Friday, March 2, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Bear Trap
Location Name or Route
Desolation Peak
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Depth
20"
Width
150'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
Saw this slide from a distance today. It seemed to be a few feet deep and a couple hundred feet wide. I could not tell how far it ran. I would assume it failed on a buried sun crust. On southeast off the West Deso ridgeline into Beartrap.
Comments
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