Observer Name
R. Kosinski
Observation Date
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Brighton Perimeter » Snake Creek
Location Name or Route
Snake Creek
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
100'
Comments
Lots of natural avalanche activity on the backside of Brighton from the last storm. It looks like all were natural releases. Pretty much everything in the Snake Creek Pass Drainage and everything north facing in Caribou Basin ran. A lot of the paths had also reloaded. This is the widespread natural avalanche activity I was expecting from this last storm.
Forecaster Note: the slide off the Preston Peak ridgeline into Snake Creek went into the old Nov facets.
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