Observer Name
UAC Staff
Observation Date
Friday, August 29, 2025
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 5, 2002
Region
State-wide
Location Name or Route
Central and Southern Wasatch
Elevation
8,500'
Aspect
South
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Depth
3'
Width
50'
Vertical
500'
Comments
- Widespread wet snow avalanche cycle throughout the Salt Lake, Ogden, and Provo Region
- Oquirrhs-Pine Canyon 9800' 2' deep x 500' wide. Debris 30'-40' deep (945am)
- Cascade Cirque- ran to bench above Bridal Veil Falls- gouged to the ground (5pm)
- Davis Canyon- northeast- 2' deep x 30' wide
- Red Pine- 10,000' northeast 3' deep x 500' vertical
- Box Elder-10,000' north 4' deep x 1000' vertical
- Timp Primrose- 9,000' northeast
- Hogum- 9,000' east-southeast-5'-10' deep x 1000' vertical
- Tanners- southwest-ran into lower gully
- Timp Chablis- 9,000' east-10' deep x 200' wide x 300' vertical (noon)
- Blackjack-9,700' west northwest- started in rocks (6pm)
- Hogum-Hypodermic- east southeast- 5' deep x 150' wide (120pm)
- Y Couloir-9,000' north-started up high "large" (1030am)
- Evergreen-9,200' west- overran each other with debris 4'-8' deep ( 3pm)
- Timp- 9,800' southwest 5' deep x 150' wide x 1500' vertical
- Days Fork- Banana Days
- Coalpit- north- debris to the lower bench
- Mineral Gully- north- 7600' 3' deep x 50' wide x 600' vertical- took out trees and gouged to the ground
- Dolphin and Crows Feet- large debris piles
- Hogum 200- west- debris took out trees
- Olympus-northeast
- Stairs- 3'-5' deep x 100' wide
- Argenta-
- Powerhouse Couloirs
- Main Porter
- Raymond Glades
- Alexander Basin
- Mineral Fork below Santiago
- Mill B South below Dromedary
- Broads Fork above Blue Ice
- Mill B South up ridge from Eeeny Meeny
- Dry Fork-Provo
- Box Elder- Northwest Cirque
- Bridal Veil- above waterfall
- Bear Claw-Sundance
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