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Avalanche

26 images Created 29 Sep 2010

Images of avalanches, avalanches in motion, avalanche fractures, avalanche phenomenon, avalanche control, avalanche forecasting, and all subjects related to avalanches. This gallery includes 30 years of avalanche photographs by Bruce Tremper, the Director of the Utah Avalanche Center.

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  • A large, natural, avalanche descends off of Mt. Timpanogos, Utah.  Houses in the foreground were not hit.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche descends off of Mt. Timpanogos, Utah.  Houses in the foreground were not hit.
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  • We purposely triggered this avalanche by jumping on the flat part of the ridge above the tree.  We are now looking at the fracture line to learn more about the culprit weak layer.
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  • An avalanche purposely triggered by ski patrollers using explosives at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah.  The fracture was about two hundred yards wide and 2-3 feet deep. This was a wet slab avalanche and the instability was caused by rapid and prolonged warming in spring.
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  • We intentionally triggered this avalanche by jumping on the flat part of the ridge above the trees and the propagating collapse triggered the avalanche on the steeper slope below.  Here, we are examining the culprit weak layer. Monitor Bowl area, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • We intentionally triggered this avalanche by jumping on the flat part of the ridge above the trees and the propagating collapse triggered the avalanche on the steeper slope below.  Here, we are examining the culprit weak layer. Monitor Bowl area, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • I was able to intentionally and easily trigger this huge avalanche in East Monitor along the Park City ridgeline, Utah.  I was standing above where my wife is now  and sanding on a 15 degree slope and hanging onto a tree.  I jumped on the slope, which collapsed the very fragile layer of depth hoar and propagatated the fracture onto the steeper slope below me.  My wife Susi came down to the tree after the avalanche occurred, where she watched me as I examined the fracture line of the avalanche.  It is usually quite safe to examine fracture lines because all the energy has been released.
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  • A glide avalanche in Broad's Fork, Wasatch Range, Utah.  A glide avalanche is a type of wet avalanche in which the entire snowpack slides slowly on the ground, similar to a glacier, until the entire slab fails catastrophically.
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  • Bruce Tremper, Director of the Utah Avalanche Center investigates a large avalanche on the Argenta slide path in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
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  • Bruce Tremper, Director of the Utah Avalanche Center investigates a large avalanche on the Argenta slide path in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
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  • A natural avalanche in the south end of Meadow Chutes in Silver Fork of Big Cottonwood Canyon.  The avalanche probably occurred on 12-9-04.
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  • A bold skier descends next to an avalanche that occurred in the West Bowl of Silver Fork, Big Cottonwood Canyon.  The avalanche probably occurred on 12-9-04, the day before the photo was taken.
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  • Avalanche rescue worker, Dean Cardinale and his avalanche search dog, Midas, search for mising victims, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • Avalanche rescue workers search for mising victims, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • Avalanche rescue workers search for mising victims, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • Avalanche rescue workers search for mising victims, Wasatch Range, Utah
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  • A massive avalanche triggered by a snowboarder on the left side of the avalanche looking down. The avalanche, unfortunately, killed the snowboarder. For scale, you can see avalanche workers examining the fracture line on the right side of the photo.  The fracture was 6-8 feet deep.
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  • A massive avalanche triggered by a snowboarder. The avalanche, unfortunately, killed the snowboarder. For scale, you can see avalanche workers examining the fracture line on the right side of the photo.  The fracture was 6-8 feet deep.
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  • A backcountry skier carefully approaches a large cornice in the mountains near Logan, Utah.  Cornices can be extremely dangerous and backcountry travelers should never approach the edge of a dropoff in the mountains.
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  • A backcountry skier travels past the top of an avalanche, which his party member easily triggered from the flat top of the ridge.  Cuttler Ridge near Ben Lomond Peak in the Ogden area mountains, Utah.
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  • Jason West walks along the fracture line of an avalanche incident in Silver Fork, 11-14-06 in which one person was completely buried in an avalanche they triggered and Jason dug out by his partners in time to save his life.  Here he returned to the scene the following day to investigate the accident.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche on the northwest face of Gobbler's Knob, Mill Creek Canyon, Wasatch Range, Utah.  This avalanche likely released late in the day due to sustained very warm temperatures.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche on the northwest face of Gobbler's Knob, Mill Creek Canyon, Wasatch Range, Utah.  This avalanche likely released late in the day due to sustained very warm temperatures. Self-portrait.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche on the northwest face of Gobbler's Knob, Mill Creek Canyon, Wasatch Range, Utah.  This avalanche likely released late in the day due to sustained very warm temperatures.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche on the northwest face of Gobbler's Knob, Mill Creek Canyon, Wasatch Range, Utah.  This avalanche likely released late in the day due to sustained very warm temperatures.
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  • A large, natural, avalanche on the northwest face of Gobbler's Knob, Mill Creek Canyon, Wasatch Range, Utah.  This avalanche likely released late in the day due to sustained very warm temperatures.
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