Avalanche

Avalanche: Chalk Creek

Gordon/ScrogginUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
39°

Avalanche

Slab Width
122 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Ted and I found this very large slide while stomping around in Chalk Creek yesterday. My sled is parked midway down the debris field.

Huge southerly winds the past few days loaded this very steep north facing slope. The avalanche broke wall to wall, to the ground, taking out the entire seasons snowpack.