Avalanche: White Pine Knob, NW ridge low 1/30/2010

Sun, 01/31/2010 - 6:24am
Submitted by Toby
Observer Name: 
Toby Weed
Observation Date: 
01/30/2010
Occurrence Date: 
01/30/2010
Occurrence Time: 
1:30pm
Region: 
Logan
Logan River
White Pine
White Pine Knob, NW ridge low

Location

41° 55' 41.3004" N, 111° 38' 6.288" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
8100'
Aspect: 
North
Northeast
Trigger: 
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info: 
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Hard Slab
Weak Layer: 
Facets
Depth (avg): 
2'
Width: 
250'
Vertical: 
300'
General Comments

Sorry about the poor light...  This is the second recently triggered avalanche we noticed...Again, a good view of the slope before i

White Pine Knob Avalanche.jpg
General Comments 2

Both freshly triggered avalanches shown in White Pine Canyon near the canyon bottom and the fork in the creek.

White Pine Avalanches.jpg
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