Avalanche

Avalanche: East Banks

Eric and Amy FlygareLogan
View on map

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Start Zone Aspect
West
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2377 m

Saw this little wet slide from the highway today as we were headed up to ride the Beav. Looked like it ran a bit but didn't leave much for a debris pile. We also noticed many of the temple chutes had slid out today or yesterday also.

Not much to say other than it's too warm up there. Fifty degrees on our way down canyon today.

Forecaster's note: This "little wet avalanche" was actually pretty big. The natural avalanche initiated in the steep cliff bands above and looks as though it may have actuall been a wet slab avalanche, given it's width and location.