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Avalanche: Mill Creek Canyon

Observer Name
T. Morrison
Observation Date
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon
Location Name or Route
Mill Creek Road
Elevation
6,500'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
12"
Width
50'
Comments
Last night I decided to go up the mill creek road considering the high danger. As I was walking up around 5 pm I noticed that the skinner (which was the deepest I've ever seen) was covered. This was just a 1/2 mile up from the gate. A small slope just above me broke and had covered the road. I proceeded up and came across another Nordic skier who had only traveled to elbow fork, meaning that this storm slab had broken in the last 20 minutes. As I proceeded up towards elbow fork I found that the skinner had been buried by small storm slabs with the deepest crowns around 1 foot two more times. This was occurring on both north and south facing slopes and in between when I saw the other Nordic skier, meaning that they had just broke in the last 20-30 minutes. I never had considered the main road to be covered by slides, so I turned around at elbow and went home.
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