Observer Name
Anonymous
Observation Date
Friday, February 14, 2025
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 14, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Catherines
Location Name or Route
Catherine’s Pass- Lake Martha
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
18"
Width
400'
Vertical
60'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Comments
Dropped in from Catherines Lake down to Martha's Lake on a little bit steeper of an aspect. Snow immediately cracked all the way across 400+ feet wide. it was a short face about 60 feet long down from the crown. The crown varied in size from 5 inches to 2 feet. Nobody was buried.
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