Observer Name
Znamierowski, Wilson
Observation Date
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Pfeifferhorn
Location Name or Route
Pfeiffhorn, NW Coulior
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
5"
Width
70'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
We took a walk up to Hogum today and saw lots of east, north, and some northwest crowns on steep slopes that all looked naturally triggered. Most if not all crowns looked to be at least a few days old and likely occurred during or shortly after the last recent cycle.
Aside from recent avalanche, we saw wind loading on many east and northeast aspects as this storm was coming in. Some of the steep lines up in the basin had obvious signs of large avalanches, but this was not clear for all. We opted to stay off steep stuff and ended up skiing a lot of wind blown snow, but found soft stuff on most of the low angled east aspects.
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