Observer Name
Bonners
Observation Date
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill D North » West Desolation Ridge
Location Name or Route
West Deso/Powder Park 2
Elevation
9,300'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Comments
My apologies for the day-late submission but I observed two slides on West Deso/Powder Park 2 on Saturday (18th) at about 2:30pm MST from the ridgeline and while cutting a skin trail. One was on the face (N aspect) while the other was in the trees along the shoulder (N/W aspect) and at 9,300 and 9,200 feet respectively.
Both appear to have been naturally triggered although I saw some lines coming from the slide on the face (likely prior to the slide b/c the lines did not appear to deviate from top/bottom). Both slides were loose/wet and appeared to have broken on the thermal crust layer below.
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