Avalanche

Avalanche: Rock Canyon

Dave JarvisProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
2195 m

Headed up Rock Canyon Thursday morning. 3-16-23. Noticed up Hale Draw had an area that'd pulled out and cleared a large area of slab base rock. It is the same area that moved without fully avalanching a few weeks ago. I'm going to call it a glide since the base rock was wet with some ice reforming on parts of it. I'm assuming that there may have been some afternoon warming on Wednesday. Although the area is still shaded most of the day. On the way out I noticed some large rounded debris just 40 yards up from the trail. Then another group further up slope.

There was another area that moved but didn't run just to the East. There are still some large areas that are loaded with potential to trigger more slides in Hale Draw.