Observer Name
        Grant Burton
  
      Observation Date
        Sunday, March 31, 2024
  
      Avalanche Date
        Sunday, March 31, 2024
  
      Region
        Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak » Catchers Mit
  
      Location Name or Route
        Catchers Mitt
  
      Elevation
            9,200'
  
      Aspect
        Northeast
  
      Trigger
        Skier
  
      Avalanche Type
        Soft Slab
  
      Avalanche Problem
        Wind Drifted Snow
  
      Weak Layer
        Density Change
  
      Depth
        10"
  
      Width
            25'
  
      Comments
        Found a wind slab on a roll over that was just steep enough to let it rip. We had been avoiding the area due to the wind activity we'd experienced on our first two laps on the catchers mitt and I let people ripping East Couloir on Kessler encourage me to take a look anyways. Got lucky as it felt more like a boost wile riding and I was able to easily ski out of the slab. Thought I had just mitigated sluff when I noticed the crown in the snow behind me. Good free lesson that if you're concerned about wind slabs forming you should pick terrain that makes sense regardless of what rad lines are getting skied. Dont think the terrain would have caused a burial in our case, but It definitely could have sent one unintentionally off a cliff in different terrain.
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