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Observation: Garden City

Observation Date
12/23/2022
Observer Name
Toby Weed
Region
Logan » Bear Lake » Garden City
Location Name or Route
Garden City, avalanches in urban interface
Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Cracking
Collapsing
Poor Snowpack Structure
Snow Profile
Aspect
East
Elevation
7,000'
Slope Angle
13°
Video
There was natural avalanche activity in the Garden City area spawned by Wednesday's super windy storm.. Slopes with widespread sugary buried persistent weak layers were overloaded by slabs of wind drifted snow and many failed, some creating avalanches where the slope angle was steep enough, >30°
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable
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