Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 107 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1829 m
This midday natural avalanche hit Highway 89 in Logan Canyon near the Temple Fork intersection... The avalanche crossed both lanes
From KSL news Ryan Hunt saw the avalanche happen around 11 a.m. in Logan Canyon. "All the sudden we come around the corner and there was a truck that just stopped for the avalanche and there was some more snow sliding down behind him," he said.
The Utah Department of Transportation closed the highway while crews cleaned up the mess. The road was back open by 12:30 p.m.
Drivers didn't wait for help. They started digging out the snow themselves, anxious to make it up the canyon.
"They had sleds and snowboards and little shovels and everything they could think of. I even saw a pan out there," Hunt said.