Observer Name
MacLean Wright
Observation Date
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Willows » West Willow
Location Name or Route
West Willow
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
1,000'
Comments
Forecaster comments: We got multiple submission of this avalanche so we combined them into this one observation.
Came up from Beartrap Fork for a low angle tour, once we gained the ridge we noticed these massive natural avalanches in West Willow. Slide looks recent, perhaps overnight. There are four slides on this ridge but cracking and collapsing between slides tells me it was likely the same event. No tracks on slope.
Additional photos from Lane Aasen.
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