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Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Chad Thomsen
Observation Date
Monday, April 16, 2012
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Bald Mountain and Reids Peak
Elevation
11,400'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

We heard the rumble as we sat near the trees at the bottom and looked up and saw a snow cloud coming down from Bald mountain on the north side. We could not see see where it started due to the low visibility. It was snowing and blowing and probably 2 feet of new snow everywhere on top of the hard icy snow underneath. We saw 2 more slides come down on the east slopes of Reids Peak within 5 minutes of the first one. We could not tell how big any of them really were due to the conditions and we did not go to the base to try to figure it out. We just go away from those hills as fast as possible.

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