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Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Friday, January 7, 2011
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Cataract Basin
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2.5'
Width
250'
Vertical
600'
Comments

Unsure of the exact timing of this and adjacent slides in the drainage. Craig Gordon taught me how to look back at the seven day winds for some of the nearby wx stations and we had sustained winds in the 30 and 40mph range which could have overloaded these slopes. It also looks like some of these large cornices broke-off and triggered these slides that likely had weak snow around the rocks.

Comments

This basin faces north/northeast and has a very large open ridgeline to the west where the winds grab lots of snow and transports it onto the lee side of this area.

Comments

These adjacent slopes also had lots of debris with the crown line traversing over sub-ridges and gullies.

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