Incident

Avalanche: Tanners Gulch

UAC Staff & UDOT LCCSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
1067 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Southwest
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3139 m

South and west facing Tanner Gulch avalanched and pushed two cars off the road. The cars were pushed into the embankment. Debris was 3'-5' deep x 450' wide on the road and removed vegetation.

Mitigation after this avalanche in the White Pine Chutes produced results in White Pine #1 putting soft debris on the road.

Incident

Number Caught
2
Number Carried
2
Number Partly Buried
2