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Avalanche: Tanners Gulch

Observer Name
YG/AS
Observation Date
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Tanners Gulch
Location Name or Route
Tanners Gulch
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Comments
Saw this while skinning on pinky pine ridge at around 2pm this afternoon. At around 2:20 pm we saw another slide in a chute about 500 feet north of tanners that came with 300-500 ft of the road. Both slides could have easily buried and killed a person.
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