Observer Name
Kevin McCurdy
Observation Date
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Butler Fork » Butler Basin
Location Name or Route
Gobblers Knob SE face
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Depth
20"
Width
80'
Vertical
150'
Comments
Observed this around 11:30 this morning on the SE face of Gobblers on our way to Alexander Basin. Our best guess on the weak layer (from across the drainage) was an overloaded graupel layer and stepped down to facets around a crust.
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