Observation Date
11/29/2024
Observer Name
Grainger, Kelly, Kapacinkas
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver/Days
Location Name or Route
Days/Silver Fork
Comments
We went out with the intention to look at 2 avalanches, Two Dogs (November 28th), Davenport Hill (November 27th), and stumbled across a third, Silver Fork Headwall (November 29th). The similarities were that all of these avalanches were on north facing slopes and failed on facets. The Davenport Hill slide was a repeater avalanche that had a much thinner crown. The Two Dogs avalanche involved crusts and wind slab and was stiffer than the other 2 avalanches. The Silver Fork Headwall avalanche had no crusts or wind drifted snow in the crown profile.
The crown profiles are below:
Video
Video of extended column test with failure and propagation while cutting Two Dogs avalanche crown profile.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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