Avalanche: Right Fork Huntington Creek 1/29/2012

Observer Name:

Craig Gordn/Trent Meisenheimer

Observation Date:

02/04/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/29/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Skyline
Right Fork Huntington Creek

Location Name:

Right Fork Huntington Creek

Location

39° 34' 16.7736" N, 111° 18' 32.9112" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10000'

Aspect:

North

Northeast

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Unknown

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Depth Hoar

Depth (avg):

Depth Range:

3' to

Width:

125'

Vertical:

200'

General Comments

So much of the steep, north facing terrain surrounding the Skyline avalanched during the big storm two weeks ago. Slopes that didn't avalanche wait for a trigger.

General Comments 2

We spotted this slide which broke to the ground and decided to investigate further.

General Comments 3

Steep, upper elevation, windloaded, north-facing.... no surprise

General Comments 4

It's pretty straightforward and clearly defined in this snowpit. Trent points to this years problem child.... early season snow that has grown weak and sugary overtime. While the surface snow feels solid and strong, this mess near the ground isn't going away anytime soon and this weekend it'll be possible to trigger slides that break to the ground.

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