Observer Name
Christoph
Observation Date
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Avalanche Date
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Red Pine
Location Name or Route
Red Pine canyon
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
13"
Width
150'
Vertical
200'
Comments
I noticed this slide on my hike to the Pfeifferhorn today. It must have been triggered by a skier a couple days ago. I didn’t go out of my way to investigate, so all the information is basically based on that picture. Small slide and somewhat surprising with the current low snowpack. The skier probably has more accurate information.
Comments
Update from UAC Staff: This likely snowboarder-triggered avalanche on a NE aspect near 10,600' was ~13" deep, ~150' wide, and ran about 200 vertical feet. 4-6" of dry, wind-packed snow initially was triggerd and stepped down to the 8-10" of the weak faceted grains that make up the majority of the snowpack in this basin. While there are various, thin melt-freeze crusts mixed in from our warmer periods earlier this month, the snowpack is made up of a majority of FCs of various sizes. See more here.
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