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Avalanche: Slide Canyon

Observer Name
Nalli
Observation Date
Monday, April 4, 2011
Avalanche Date
Monday, April 4, 2011
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon » Slide Canyon
Location Name or Route
Slide Canyon
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
39°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
12"
Width
50'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments

There were a couple more WL-N-R1,D2-S's during the peak in temp. about mid day. This one is in Slide Canyon at 10,000', SE. The debris piled up fairly deep in the gully but only traveled about 1000'vertical.

Comments

This is another similar slide on a SE aspect in Bunnells at 10,600'. Note, you can still see a portion of the crown in the upper right from the large D4 that happened last Monday 3/28. With good vis today, I did not see any deeper slides from this last storm.

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