Valanga

Avalanche: Cascade Ridge

Meisenheimer / UDOTProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
610 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
183 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southwest
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Late in the afternoon two large wet slab avalanches released off the west wide of the Provo Massif. These looked to be 6-10' deep and upwards of 500' wide running 2,000' vertical feet downhill leaving massive piles of cement like debris.