Avalanche: Provo Canyon

Observer Name
Timothy Adams
Observation Date
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon
Location Name or Route
Mt. Timpanagos Trailhead above Sundance. Next first waterfall you see hiking up trail.
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

Taking family up the trail and heard massive roaring and saw significant avalanche coming down north facing slope of the canyon on Mt. Timpanogos trailhead above sundance about the same spot where you run into the first waterfall up the trail (about 1 mile above beginning of trailhead). Snow did not come far down enough to cover trail but scary enough where my family and I felt compelled to run up the opposing slope for safety (we were about 200 hundreds below where the avalanche was, but it kept coming without letting up for about 15 seconds.

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