Avalanche

Avalanche: Bird Canyon

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
762 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab

Despite pesky clouds preventing views of avalanche starting zones, I could see evidence of a fairly widespread natural avalanche cycle on the big east facing slopes in the Wellsville Range including a few repeaters and some pretty large slides, including one in Bird Canyon that came all the way down to Maple Bench.