Avalanche

Avalanche: Uintas

Chad ThomsenUintas
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Avalanche

Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3475 m

We heard the rumble as we sat near the trees at the bottom and looked up and saw a snow cloud coming down from Bald mountain on the north side. We could not see see where it started due to the low visibility. It was snowing and blowing and probably 2 feet of new snow everywhere on top of the hard icy snow underneath. We saw 2 more slides come down on the east slopes of Reids Peak within 5 minutes of the first one. We could not tell how big any of them really were due to the conditions and we did not go to the base to try to figure it out. We just go away from those hills as fast as possible.