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Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Friday, February 24, 2012
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 24, 2012
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Whitney Basin-Double Hill
Elevation
10,300'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

These are two seperate snowmobile triggered slides that happened in close proximity to each other and within roughly the same time period. These slides were both about 100' wide, a few hundred feet vertical, 3-6' deep, both broke into old weak snow near the ground and were both triggered fairly low on the slope as the rider was traversing across the slope. This slope was heavily wind loaded from Wednesday and Thursday and the one group I visited with was a bit surprised that they could trigger the slide low on the slope.

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