Observer Name
UDOT Provo
Observation Date
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon
Location Name or Route
Provo Canyon
Elevation
10,000'
Trigger
Explosive
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Vertical
4,000'
Comments
These avalanches usually start as soft slabs or hard slabs, but after they travel 3000’-5000’ vert they turn into wet debris flows. Partly because of the wet snow they entrain as they reach into the low elevations, but also partly due to the shear friction and violence of traveling that far heats up the snow and changes it to a wet debris flow as well.
Comments
Results of explosive work in Provo Canyon
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