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Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Friday, February 24, 2012
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Moffit Peak
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2.5'
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

The photos are of several slides on the east side of Moffit Peak. They occured on east, northeast and southeast facing slopes. Many of these failed initially in the storm snow and stepped down into older snow near the ground. The debris ran well out onto the flats below.

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