Avalanche: Hillyard Canyon Road 1/20/2012

Observer Name:

Dave

Observation Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Time:

Morning

Region:

Logan
Cub River
Hillyard Canyon Road

Location Name:

Cub River road to Franklin Basin

Location

42° 5' 53.142" N, 111° 37' 15.3192" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8000'

Aspect:

East

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Snowmobiler

Avalanche Type:

Wet Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

2.5'

Width:

200'

Vertical:

150'

General Comments

We headed up Hillyard Canyon road Friday morning 1/20/2012, and 3 of us are all experienced snowmobilers with avalanche beacons and survival gear and we where going by the steep sections of the trail 1 at a time. My friend went 1st after he cleared my other friend went and as soon as he was clear I was getting ready to go when the side of the mountain came down in front of me. I was a lucky man and if we had not been going 1 at a time we all could of been buried.

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