Avalanche

Avalanche: Mill Hollow Slide Path

W. ShireyUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
15 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

Large road cut on the side of Mill Hollow (Big Scary). We were the first to drive by around 9 am and when we came out it had been triggered assuming from adjacent snowmobile tracks or from the road. The slide deposited 4-5' of debris on the road.