Observation: Claytons

Observation Date
3/2/2013
Observer Name
Ross McIntyre
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
NE spur of Clayton Peak (east of Brighton)
Comments

My good friend Ross McIntyre texted these photos to me he took while snowmobiling in the Clayton Peak area. They are photos of a cornice fall that gouged down the slope. The cornice, no doubt, was triggered naturally by the very warm temperatures on Saturday. The good news is that the snow is stable enough that even the large cornice did not trigger a slab. The cornice was the size of a small bus and came down an east-southest facing slope.

Posted by Bruce Tremper