Avalanche: Box Elder 4/3/2010

Observer Name:

Eli Kerr

Observation Date:

04/03/2010

Occurrence Date:

04/03/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Box Elder
American Fork
Provo

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10800'

Aspect:

Northeast

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets Below Crust

Depth (avg):

Width:

100'

Vertical:

1000'

General Comments

Deer creek canyon trail head to Box Elder

cool and over cast, windy, NE winds on top of ridge, a bit of green-housing on lower elevations.

East Ridge of Box Elder Peak, Cornice break causing avalanche. Crown around 20-24 inches, about 100ft wide and ran about 1000 vertical feet down a gully. It looked like snow broke just under the dirt layer from last big wind storm on Tuesday.

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Zoomed photo shows dust layer in the crown........