Observer Name
Hennigh
Observation Date
Monday, December 12, 2022
Avalanche Date
Monday, December 12, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Daly Canyon
Location Name or Route
Walker-Webster Gulch
Elevation
7,500'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
18"
Width
25'
Vertical
50'
Comments
Travelling through Walker-Webster Gulch above Daly Canyon today we were experiencing widespread cracking and collapsing with cracks propagating up to 100'. The slab was only fist to 4 finger hard but it was sitting on 2-3mm facets above a crust (presumably from the early November rain event at that elevation). This made for an adequate sliding surface for this relatively soft slab to run on given a steep enough slope.
This terrain is somewhat complicated and sits above a deep gully that could easily pile up debris and even a small avalanche would be capable of burying a person under an immense amount of snow.
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