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Persistent weak layer of snow can cause 'repeater avalanches'

By Connor Thomas
Published March 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM MDT
This is just looker left of Sugarloaf Peak (north 10,200'), showing a natural slab avalanche in closed terrain.
Courtesy of the Alta Avalanche Office
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Utah Avalanche Forecast Center
This is just looker left of Sugarloaf Peak (north 10,200'), showing a natural slab avalanche in closed terrain.

Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Dave Kelly explains how a persistent weak layer of snow can cause "repeater avalanches" and also recaps the overall avalanche season.

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