Avalanche: Mountain Dell Canyon

Observer Name
Trevor A
Observation Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Parleys Canyon » Mountain Dell Canyon
Location Name or Route
Lookout Peak area
Elevation
8,600'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Natural
Depth
18"
Width
1,000'
Vertical
500'
Comments

Some avy activity around the summit of Lookout Peak. Wide (>1000 ft) avalanche on the northeast ridge of Lookout (first photo) looks to have been triggered naturally by a cornice fall. No tracks around it. Depth is a guess since we did not get close. A second, smaller avalanche just east of Grandview Peak (2nd photo; south-facing) was covered with snowmobile tracks. Not a stretch to say that one was human-triggered. Did not see either of these avalanches happen, so unsure of the timing. Both happened before mid-morning Sunday.

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