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Avalanche: Currant Creek

Craig GordonUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

A bit filled in, but I was able to identify three distinct pockets in Currant Creek Peak's northeast facing bowls. Steep, rocky terrain with a shallow, weak snowpack, harboring old November snow.