Avalanche: Strawberry Creek 12/30/2010

Observer Name: 
Doug Wewer
Observation Date: 
01/12/2010
Occurrence Date: 
12/30/2010
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Strawberry Creek
Ogden
Location Name: 
middle Earth, Strawberry Creek, Ogden area mountians
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Location

41° 10' 18.0372" N, 111° 52' 20.6616" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
9000'
Aspect: 
Northeast
East
Southeast
South
Trigger: 
Natural
Depth (avg): 
2'
Width: 
1/2 mile
Vertical: 
2500'
General Comments

I just heard the other day from a friend who skied out the Strawberry Creek drainage (we call it Middle Earth).  He reported that all of the adjacent bowls at the top of the drainage must have avalanched simultaneously.  The slide left the starting zones bare down to the rain crust from a few weeks ago.  He said the skiing was awful, and basically just “ice”, probably with just a few inches of snow and SH on top.  He also said the slide deposited a mile-long swath of debris that twisted and turned down the drainage.  Sounds like it carved out steep walls, similar to the Rattlesnake Canyon slide that Toby looked at this weekend.

Also of note, is the possibility that the entire path could repeat, especially if there is a large area of exposed rain crust, with NSF sitting on top.
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