Observer Name
Dindy
Observation Date
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Days Headwall
Location Name or Route
Flagstaff/days headwall
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
10"
Width
50'
Comments
Saw this ridiculous looking cornice and couldn't not throw my Paracord around it, from a safe distance, anchored to a tree, ensuring no body below... This slope is different from most ski slopes in upper days in that is unsupported from below because of steep rocks cliffs, so it easily gives up cornice falls triggering wind slabs that then gouge to the ground and run to the flats.
It looks like two dogs experienced a cornice fall trgrd windslab that did not dig deeper and only slid partway down the slope.
Photo1 deadly cornice overhanging certain avalanche
2 runout and rocks exposed
3 cornice break, crown below and two dogs natural outlined
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