Valanga

Avalanche: Big Cottonwood Canyon

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Avalanche

Weak Layer
Wet grains
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m
  • Big Cottonwood Canyon- Southwest facing- explosive triggered "failed to the ground" late afternoon
  • Snake Creek-Northeast-East facing aspects- natural and human triggered avalanches. Wet loose turning to wet slab avalanches
  • Snake Creek-Northeast aspect-natural rock fall triggered wet loose turning to wet slab
  • Sunset Peak- Northeast aspect- snmowboarder triggered wet loose turning to wet slab