Avalanche: East Faces-Wellsville Range 1/23/2010

Observer Name:

Weed---Flygare

Observation Date:

01/23/2010

Occurrence Date:

01/23/2010

Occurrence Time:

Overnight

Region:

East Faces-Wellsville Range
Little Bear
Logan

Location

41° 40' 46.83" N, 112° 0' 24.3864" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

6000'

and above

Elevation Range Maximum:

9000'

Aspect:

Northeast

East

Southeast

Trigger:

Natural

Trigger: additional info:

Repeater

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets Below Crust

Depth (avg):

Depth Range:

3' to

Width:

1/4 mile

Width Range:

1/4 mile to

1/2 mile

Vertical:

2500'

Vertical Range:

1500' to

2750'

General Comments

This morning 1-23-10, , I could see evidence of several large natural avalanches that fell from large east facing slide paths in the Well

General Comments 2

Natural avalanches hit Maple Bench full-force this weekend (1-23-10)

General Comments 3

Avalanches occurred at all elevations....This low one on Red Slide isn't much higher than 6000' in elevation...

On 1-25-10, Eric wrote: The road cut just to the North of the Summit of Sardine canyon slid. The East facing slope release and slide to the road. I would estimate it at 100 to 200 feet wide and ran a total of 100 feet it looked to be 1 to 2 feet deep. It probably happened near the end of the storm cycle since the crown was still visible and not snowed in.

General Comments 4

Cloud cover obscured the view of the ridge top for much of the day before breaking briefly in the afternoon of 1-25-10....

Also from Eric: It looked like a sizeable slide occurred in the canyon between Wide Hollow and Silver Mine Hollow above Sherwood Hills Resort. It looked like the slide ran about 1000 vertical and was at least several hundred feet wide. I am not sure when it occurred since it was too far away to see the crown. If I had some time that would be a good one to go check out.

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