Avalanche

Avalanche: Little Cottonwood Canyon

Craig GordonSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
91 m
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
3231 m

Late afternoon point release dribbled off of rocks, entrained some wet surface snow, then broke to the ground on a steeper section of the slope where the snowpack was thin and rotten. Not a huge slide, but stacked up an impressive pile o' debris none-the-less.