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Avalanche: Seagull

Observer Name
Zak
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Tuscarora » Seagull
Location Name or Route
The seagull
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Snowboarder
Depth
4"
Width
10'
Comments
We were looking to ski the seagull chute off Tusarora peak. Snow on the skin up (all east and windloaded) was cohesive with the layers from Sunday when we were in the area. Sometimes it would sluff sometimes on the skin, nothing alarming. Descended the first 20' and the windloaded snow started to sluff good. The cornice had a small release. We decided not to go any further and skiied Upper Mary Chutes. That also had some serious sluffing. All aspects are N to E. This was at 4pm.