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Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Craig Gordon
Observation Date
Friday, December 20, 2019
Avalanche Date
Monday, December 16, 2019
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
M&M Drainage Weber Canyon
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
39°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
4'
Width
300'
Vertical
1,250'
Comments
I heard the upper reaches of M&M Drainage in Weber Canyon had avalanched substantially during the mid December storm and today I had time to scope it out. M&M drainage is a perfect, natural, leeward fetch, which loads during storms with big westerly winds. While not particularly uniform, most of the terrain had some degree of weak, old, early season snow. The avalanches I cataloged, were surprisingly wide and connected... a couple hundred feet in width.... breaking 3'-4' deep, failing on weak snow near the ground, and running great distances.
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