Avalanche

Avalanche: North Fork, Shumway Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
107 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2682 m

With clearing this morning after several days of poor visibility, I could see this nice recent natural persistent deep or wet slab avalanche in the Wellsville Mountain Wilderness from Cache Valley. Not sure about when it occurred but the crown looks pretty fresh.... My theory is late in Thursday's warm and rainy storm, perhaps the morning of 3/24