Avalanche: Bald Mountain
05-20-2024 | Uintas
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Cornice appeared to trigger the Avy with. - 2-3' crown on 35-40 degree slope south facing </div>\n\n<div> </div>\n\n<div>noted previous storm consolidated to 8-10\" of a soft/wet slab on top of weak/wer snow.</div>\n\n<div> </div>\n\n<div>this was not at all the isothermic consolidated pack we had expected or hoped for.</div></div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Comments</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><div>Evidence of wet slides all over the bald mountain pass aspects and surrounding mountains from previous days of heat. \n </div>\n\n<div>Slide on south face appeared to be cornice triggered and broke 2-3ft</div>\n\n<div> </div>\n\n<div>Snow form last storm consolidated to 8-10\" of wet slabby surface on top of a wet unsupportive 10-15\" of snow before very compact snow. This was definitely not a strong spring snow pack and warrants further evaluation each day. \n </div>\n\n<div>We did sled and ski the E/NE side of Bald mountain with no issues, so that slabby top layer was not reactive though seems to be connected. It seemed that top layer just is not strong enough to be a true slab capable of propagating.</div>\n\n<div> </div>\n\n<div>Added some additional pics of smaller slides on east side of bald mtn / Reid's peak shoulder and tried to show that top layer of suspect harder snow </div></div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><img src=\"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/observation_image/public/images/avalanches/2023-24/IMG_1729.jpeg?itok=iLYqJuFZ\" alt=\"\"></div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><img src=\"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/observation_image/public/images/avalanches/2023-24/IMG_1725.jpeg?itok=DLgp5XZK\" alt=\"\"></div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><img src=\"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/observation_image/public/images/avalanches/2023-24/IMG_1733.jpeg?itok=jkpRwUam\" alt=\"\"></div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><img src=\"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/observation_image/public/images/avalanches/2023-24/IMG_1731.jpeg?itok=aHn0jI45\" alt=\"\"></div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><img src=\"https://utahavalanchecenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/observation_image/public/images/avalanches/2023-24/IMG_1818.jpeg?itok=8FfH0mc8\" alt=\"\"></div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Video</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">\n<div class=\"embedded-video\">\n <div class=\"player\">\n <iframe class=\"\" width=\"640px\" height=\"360px\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/i9Izvw9YC94?width%3D640px%26amp%3Bheight%3D360px%26amp%3Btheme%3Ddark%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Brel%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D1%26amp%3Bmodestbranding%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D1%26amp%3Bautohide%3D2%26amp%3Bvq%3Dhd720%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dopaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"></iframe> </div>\n</div>\n</div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Coordinates</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><div style=\"width:auto;height:400px;\" id=\"openlayers-container-openlayers-map\" class=\"contextual-links-region openlayers-container openlayers-container-map-geofield-formatter-map\">\n <div style=\"width:auto;height:400px;\" id=\"openlayers-map\" class=\"openlayers-map openlayers-map-geofield-formatter-map\"></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n \n <!-- Ad underneath the left navigation desktop, this mobile web markup duplicates this where it should go -->\n ",
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