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Avalanche: Little Water

Observer Name
DB
Observation Date
Monday, January 15, 2024
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 14, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill D North » Little Water
Location Name or Route
Little water
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
200'
Comments
Saw a handful of slides on usual suspects around mill D (firewater, reynolds, west desolation) but this on the south face of little water was a bit more of a surprise. SE aspect, definitely got a lot of wind loading on the lee side of this little ridge, hard to tell depth as it was filled back in but the deepest point top right looked like at least 5ft or so. guessing it went on the 14th based on how much had filled back in. width is a guess based on caltopo measurement as well
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