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Avalanche: Rock Canyon

Observer Name
Dave Jarvis
Observation Date
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Region
Provo » Rock Canyon
Location Name or Route
Rock Canyon Hale Draw
Elevation
7,200'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Depth
18"
Width
150'
Comments
Headed up Rock Canyon Thursday morning. 3-16-23. Noticed up Hale Draw had an area that'd pulled out and cleared a large area of slab base rock. It is the same area that moved without fully avalanching a few weeks ago. I'm going to call it a glide since the base rock was wet with some ice reforming on parts of it. I'm assuming that there may have been some afternoon warming on Wednesday. Although the area is still shaded most of the day. On the way out I noticed some large rounded debris just 40 yards up from the trail. Then another group further up slope.
There was another area that moved but didn't run just to the East. There are still some large areas that are loaded with potential to trigger more slides in Hale Draw.
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