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Avalanche: Mirror Lake Highway

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Avalanche Date
Monday, December 9, 2013
Region
Uintas » Mirror Lake Highway
Location Name or Route
Murdock Peak
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2.5'
Width
150'
Vertical
300'
Comments
Sorry for the poor quality photo. It looks like this avalanche started from a piece of snow from the ridge line that came down and triggered this slide. I could not tell if it broke into old snow?
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