Avalanche

Avalanche: Upper Weber Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
6 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
15 m
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Lots of movement today from soft wind slabs and some dry loose (pictured) today on the Crustmas Crust. This crust is a rain/melt freeze crust combination that varies in thickness, but was observed to be about 1-2” thick at the location of these natural avalanches.