Avalanche: Oquirrh Mountains

Around the same time period there are mentions of avalanches in both Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons. Ogden Canyon, Provo Canyon, and the Canyon near the town of Ophir. (The Desert News February 18, 1936 Page 1) and Elbert Despain (mailman for LCC) is quoted as saying that no one had been down the canyon (Little Cottonwood) in two days.

Resources

https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=6458696&page=20&rows=200&year_start=1926&year_end=1926&month_t=%22february%22&facet_paper=%22Ogden+Standard-Examiner%22

https://www.usdeadlyevents.com/1926-feb-17-avalanche-sap-gulch-bingham-ut-39-40/

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-A-PURL-gpo27529/pdf/GOVPUB-A-PURL-gpo27529.pdf

This avalanche took out parts of the town of Bingham, Utah on February 17, 1926. It is well-documented that the avalanche occurred on the morning of the 17th and that anywhere from 35-50 people were involved with anywhere from 25-40 fatalities as of the research so far. According to articles below the estimated depth of the debris in the gully features was between 50-100'. It sounded from the articles like this was a wet heavy storm and that the old snow surface was a melt-freeze crust. There was some conjecture that the avalanche was triggered by explosives from the mine (which was common thinking around that time). Not knowing where the explosives were placed makes it hard to come to a conclusion. There is also mention of mud/land slide involvement but same conjecture at the time.