Avalanche

Avalanche: Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

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Slope Angle
41°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
610 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2560 m

We observed this and a couple of other good-sized natural wet loose avalanches in the Wellsvilles from the Highway in Sardine Canyon early Tuesday afternoon.

Richie and I went into the big meadow below Mitton Peak on Wednesday and took these pictures of two wet avalanches. These long-running loose wet avalanches occurred on south and east-facing slopes and created large piles of cement-like debris.