Avalanche

Avalanche: Provo Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Sympathetic Release
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2469 m

WL point releases from steep rocky E-SE chutes above pulled out a shallow wet slab on a SE aspect from solar heating this morning. Most likely damp to wet storm snow sliding ontop of a MF crust. WL debris running over 1000' out of the lower skiers right of the the Hour Glass.