Avalanche: Beaver Side Country 4/18/2011

Observer Name:

Darren McAvoy

Observation Date:

04/18/2011

Occurrence Date:

04/18/2011

Occurrence Time:

2:00pm

Region:

Beaver Side Country
Beaver Creek
Logan

Location Name:

Beaver Mountain

Location

41° 57' 29.7972" N, 111° 33' 0.7128" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

7600'

Aspect:

East

Southeast

and steeper

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Depth (avg):

10"

Depth Range:

8" to

13"

Width:

30'

Vertical:

300'

General Comments

Easy to initiate wet slides on some of the steeper (though not very steep) sections of the backside of the beav, above and below the spring road, some ran 300 feet and several feet deep, packed a punch, breaking large branches. It would be easy to initiate slides on most steeper slopes today.

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