Avalanche

Avalanche: Big Cottonwood Canyon

NickSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
6 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Initiated a few small storm slabs today while skiing a steeper pitch (~40 deg) around 9400' early this morning. These seemed in line with what was reported in yesterdays obs. As we got lower in elevation the new snow seemed to have a better bond with the old snow.