Avalanche: Slide Canyon

Observer Name
Patterson
Observation Date
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon » Slide Canyon
Location Name or Route
Slide Canyon-low Shot 6 and 7
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

Lot's of wet activity today. I noticed these WS-N-R2-D3-O in Slide Canyon around 1500 as I was leaving Provo Canyon. Likely that they occurred today, sometime between 1100 and 1500. Most wet activity observed today was WL-Naturals, some quite large. Saw one other wet slab that was triggered by a wet loose off of a high cliff band in East Chute of Elk Point (see Nalli's obs). These were the largest wet slabs that I observed today.

Comments

Close up of the slab low in shot 6. Appears that there was a step down in the bed surface on the lookers left side.

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