Observer Name
White, Kobernik
Observation Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Davenport Hill
Location Name or Route
Davenport Hill, south facing
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Explosive
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
2.5'
Width
900'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
Traveling up to Silver Fork via Grizzly Gulch went to have a look at the large explosive triggered slide off south facing Davenport hill. Appeared to have run under the fragile rime crust from 2 weeks ago. Large avalanche running full track and creating a large debris pile in the gully bottom. Also seemed to sympathetic out few outlying pockets on its way down. Pics are crown, whole slide, pockets with stress fractures above and debris pile.






Comments
Cowboy checking out the crown, pretty warm today, meltwater was seeping out of the crown, and the bed surface was quite damp.

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