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Avalanche: Beaver Basin

Observer Name
Chris Benson
Observation Date
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Region
Moab » Beaver Basin
Location Name or Route
Beaver Basin - North Group
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
400'
Vertical
300'
Comments
This avalanche in Beaver Creek is adjacent to where a fatal avalanche incident occurred in the La Sals in 2012. The crown looked fairly crisp, so I can't help but wonder if it is only a couple of days old. This east aspect had another pocket pull out just to the south, and it looked like another pocket had pulled out earlier, but had some snow on it, either from the 1/29/2021 snow, or the dusting we got on 2/3/2021.
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