Observer Name
Henry S
Observation Date
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Avalanche Date
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch » Twin Lakes Pass
Location Name or Route
Just North of Heavens Gate
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
12"
Width
35'
Vertical
100'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Snow Profile Comments
Slick bed surface from before the storm, a bit of light density snow underneath the denser daytime snow that experienced green housing as well.
Comments
I was skiing this shot around 6 PM, near the bottom of the chute, there were some exposed rocks and it made me take a hip check, needing to regain my feet. I did this very quickly but as I began moving again a wall of heavy snow smacked me from behind and carried me (on top) about 100 vertical until I was able to cut hard enough to escape the flow and ski out to the skiers’ left.
This was a scary, eye opening experience and I hope people can learn from it. I’m generally pretty conservative with risk and I very much underestimated the green housing and very slick bed surface that exists.
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