Avalanche

Avalanche: Upper Weber Canyon

Trent Meisenheimer - Provo Bro'sUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
38 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3353 m

Slope cut on a north facing slope in Upper Weber Canyon produced a 70-ft wide 1-2 ft deep wind slab. It moved slow at first but picked up speed fast and entrained the gully to a pretty impressive dust cloud running to the flats. Could of easily been rolled pretty hard by this slide.