Avalanche: Mt. Magog, South Ridge 1/30/2010

Observer Name:

Jed Slama

Observation Date:

01/30/2010

Occurrence Date:

01/30/2010

Occurrence Time:

11:00am

Region:

Mt. Magog, South Ridge
Tony Grove
Logan River
Logan

Location

41° 54' 37.5984" N, 111° 38' 55.7088" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8400'

Aspect:

Northeast

East

Slope Angle:

Unknown

Trigger:

Snowmobiler

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

Depth Range:

4' to

Width:

300'

Width Range:

250' to

350'

Vertical:

Unknown

Vertical Range:

250' to

350'

General Comments

We were up Tony Grove yesterday Saturday the 30. We ride the Tony Grove area almost exclusively, and know the are

General Comments 2

This slide broke without anyone on the hill. We were sitting near the bottom, and watched it break.

The person who went on the hillside went to the far left, and far right of the hill. He was jumping off a small
knoll on the one side. On his last climb to jump, he climbed higher than his previous turns. Just about the time he got to the bottom to where we were sitting, the slide let go.

General Comments 3

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