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Avalanche: Timpanogos

Observer Name
Dave Jarvis
Observation Date
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon » Timpanogos
Location Name or Route
Little Baldy shoulder & 3/4 mile south
Elevation
7,400'
Aspect
Southwest
Trigger
Unknown
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

I live at Provo North Canyon rd. and Foothill. Looked up at the haze about 4:30pm and saw that there was a substantial runout debris at the Shoulder of Little Baldy and Timp. The upper gully drops down the west face of Timp then turns south through several deep zig-zags. It is a deep gully and it looked very full of snow. The second runout course passes the 7400' mark just south of the bump on the terrain map. (the course is prominent on the satellite photo version of the google map. the Little Baldy course shows some really dirty old avalanche debris on google satellite ) I call the south one the great white worm. It usually runs when wet, and sometimes stacks layers as it forms a long, thin, & tall runout. I don't think I've ever seen it larger than this. It split off a second line to the south 2-300 yards from the end of the runout. The runout went down to 6400' or lower.

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