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Avalanche: First Waterfall Hollow 4/1/2010

Observer Name:

Toby Weed

Observation Date:

04/01/2010

Occurrence Date:

04/01/2010

Occurrence Time:

2:30pm

Region:

Logan
Providence Canyon
First Waterfall Hollow

Location

41° 40' 38.1756" N, 111° 45' 6.066" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8900'

Aspect:

North

Northeast

Slope Angle:

Alpha Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Remotely Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets Below Crust

Depth (avg):

16"

Depth Range:

12" to

20"

Width:

200'

Vertical:

900'

General Comments

I'm calling this unintentional since the avalanche was much bigger than expected, despite the fact that it released 30' below me while I was ski-cutting the top of the bowl

Video 1:

General Comments 2

The hard slab avalanche involved a few layers of very hard old snow and failed on a 10 cm thick layer of well developed facets.

Video 2:

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