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Avalanche: Tuscarora

Observer Name
Griffin Siebert
Observation Date
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Tuscarora
Location Name or Route
Tuscarora
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
Hiking behind Brighton today, and experienced some very strong winds depositing lots of snow onto the easterly facing slopes. We popped a small isolated wind slab on our way down to lake mary on a small easterly facing slope and witnessed a natural slide on the east face of mt millicent above the big cliff band. Once a bit above lake martha heading towards lake catherine we saw this fairly decent sized crown up on the tuscarora shoulder. These wind slabs are definitely something to keep in my mind going into our next storm.
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