Observer Name
Mike Peterson
Observation Date
Friday, April 30, 2021
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 30, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Ski Area » Baldy
Location Name or Route
Little Chute
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Unknown
Depth
12"
Width
50'
Comments
Wet slide with decent sized chunks of debris, entraining at least one fairly large boulder. The first of our party down Main Chute watched the debris and boulder spill out of the bottom of Little Chute at 7pm.
He and another skier skinning up Collins were able to yell up to me as I was exiting Main to beacon search the debris pile. I searched and got no signal and felt like I probably could have seen if anybody had been carried and partially buried. The skinning skier also came up and searched the debris pile.
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