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Avalanche: Upper Weber Canyon

Craig GordonUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Cornice Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Start Zone Elevation
3200 m

Occurring naturally, a piece of cornice peeled off this ridgeline in upper Weber Canyon sometime late Sunday afternoon. The bus sized piece of snow crashed onto the slope below, triggering a shallow wet slab which gouged into weak snow near the ground. Of note... a repeater, the snowpack was already shallow in this zone from an avalanche triggered earlier this year.