Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Mill Creek Drainage, Catarack Basin
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
Unknown
Width
60'
Vertical
400'
Comments

My guess as to a trigger on this slide would be a cornice fall? It is several days old, but it was note worthy to show that slides still have the potential to break into weak snow near the ground, mainly in places where the snow pack remains shallow and weak.

Comments

Just poking around up along the ridgeline, it is amazing how much weak snow there is around on this east side of the range.

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