Observer Name
Nalli
Observation Date
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon
Location Name or Route
Walker's Chute
Elevation
7,800'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Depth
8"
Width
Unknown
Vertical
2,500'
Comments
Sometime around 2pm today the lower elevations in the Provo and American Fork mountains experienced a light rain event. Shortly after it
Comments
Another sizable slide in AF further up the road near Tibble Fork Reservoir. This is the Tibble Towers Chute and it ran 1000' taking out some small trees and branches before ending in the creek.
Comments
At the same time, similar slides were happening in Provo Canyon. This is a small path near Frasier Park called Snow Slide Jr. It ended at the Provo River bike path. A bit further down canyon near the popular ice climbing areas a couple more slides like this came out of The Fang ice climb and also the next one to the west. Luckily, no one was on these climbs at the time.
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