Avalanche

Avalanche: Currant Creek

BrackelsbergUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

We came upon this wind slab avalanche on the southern end of the Uintas. This was not a large slide, but had a lot of debris. The slide was quite deep with a max depth of 4'. It also stepped down just below the upper portion of the crown. One of the interesting things about this is that today was the 4th day of high winds from the east and northeast. This slide was on the windward side of the slope. See photo 2 below for annotations about the size.