Avalanche: Bullen Basin 1/27/2010

Fri, 01/29/2010 - 10:25am

Submitted by Toby

Observer Name:

Chris Shippley

Observation Date:

01/28/2010

Occurrence Date:

01/27/2010

Occurrence Time:

Afternoon

Region:

Bullen Basin
White Pine
Logan River
Logan

Location

41° 55' 6.1428" N, 111° 40' 28.4376" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9600'

Aspect:

East

Southeast

Trigger:

Snowmobiler

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

Width:

150'

Vertical:

350'

General Comments

General Comments 2

Here's a little closer view. Note the high number of recent tracks taken out by the dangerous avalanche. Just after the avalanche occurred, another member of the party noticed cracks across much of the rest of the large bowl to the south. The well prepared party then decided that enough was enough, and they departed the area

(photo by Doug Wever from a FS plane on a avalanche viewing overflight the afternoon of 1-28-10.)

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