Avalanche: Timpanogos 3/13/2011

Observer Name: 
Mike G
Observation Date: 
03/15/2011
Occurrence Date: 
03/13/2011
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Provo
Provo Canyon
Timpanogos
Location Name: 
Across the whole west side of Timpanogos
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Location

40° 24' 16.2612" N, 111° 40' 14.6892" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
10000'
and below
Aspect: 
South
Southwest
West
Slope Angle: 
Unknown
Trigger: 
Natural
Avalanche Type: 
Wet Loose
Depth (avg): 
unknown
Width: 
Unknown
Vertical: 
1500'
General Comments

Probably kind an obvious observation, as I could see all of these with the naked eye from Saratoga Springs, so most of Utah valley could have seen these if they were looking, but I counted almost 50 slides down the west side of Timp yesterday afternoon around 4:00. They varied in width and length, but the largest of the ones I could see ran almost 1,500 feet. Every slide I could see had broken on a south or west aspect. As far as I could tell, these were all natural; however, I could see some ski and snowmobile tracks near a could of the avalanches at the lower elevations. I assume these were all caused by the warm day.

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