Observer Name
S Simonds
Observation Date
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name or Route
Upper BCC
Elevation
8,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
50'
Comments
Photo 1: Solitude side country (Jim Klem) ENE facing slope at 9800. Interesting because I think the tracks running parallel and perhaps buried were from yesterday but I believe a snowboarder skied down the ridge today and triggered these slides and they were soft slab, but maybe not failing at the bed surface.
Photo 2: Brighton inbounds Millicent steep N facing slope. Interesting because it looked like hard wind slab (despite all the skier impact) vs the soft slab and point sluffs that were evident on most slopes.
Photo 3: across the street SW facing Brighton hill. Point sluff off a skier in the new snow.
From the corner on Guardsmen I put the binoculars on the big S and E facing slopes down canyon: Raymond, Gobblers, etc and did not see slab avalanches and saw less point sluff activity than I was expecting: saw no tracks on those slopes as of 1300.
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