Observer Name
B
Observation Date
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Brighton Perimeter » Dog Lake area
Location Name or Route
Dog Lake Chutes
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
13"
Width
125'
Vertical
175'
Comments
Unseasonably frigid overnight lows allowed most aspects to stay cold and dry until 10 o’clock this morning. After that point, east, south, and low angle north and west took on heat and got damp. Slope cut on far riders right NE entrance to the Dog Lake Chutes easily triggered a Wet Loose slide that quickly fanned out and entrained all the new snow running on the pre-storm crust.
NNE-N-NW aspects with slope angles 25 degrees and greater had excellent bottomless stable riding in 45 cm of rightside up structure. No Red Flags observed besides the typical spring warming issues. The last two nights of cold low temperatures appear to have eliminated the wet grain weaknesses on the aforementioned polar aspects.
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