Avalanche

Avalanche: Currant Creek Peak

Craig GordanUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
213 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

This large natural slide is at least two football fields wide and sympathetically triggered a large pocket on an adjacent slope.