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Avalanche: Provo

Observer Name
Woody
Observation Date
Friday, February 23, 2024
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Region
Provo
Location Name or Route
Widespread HS-N Cycle Southern Wasatch 21 Feb
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Repeater
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Comments
Widespread avalanche Cycle throughout entire Southern Wasatch. Majority of avalanches are hard slabs on repeater slopes with the larger D3's being on easterly 10,000'+ bowls just below crest level ridge lines on wind loaded slopes. Bunnell's and Emerald Lake's are 5'-8' deep and over 1000' wide. Some lower elevations SS-N avalanches failed on either possible preserved surface hoar and/or RR crust facets preserved from being in sheltered locations (Elk Point Slide). The largest and most notable avalanches occurred in Bunnell's White Limbo, and the other above the Emerald Lake Snow Field.
Comments
List of Avalanches: Bunnell's (White Limbo, Middle Bowl, White Bimbo), Cascade Cirque Head wall, East Chute Elk Point (lower skiers right flank), Chablis (1st Rock saddle), Timp Basin (North End and Saddle), Wooley Chutes, Stair Master Chute, Pika Cirque Headwall, Grunge's skiers left apron, Prim Rose Cirque ( Horn Chute, Lower skier right slope below East Peak), Hidden Lake (Razorback Terrace, The Trigger), Emerald Lake Head wall including the east face above the snowfield.
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