UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Avalanche: Logan Canyon

Observer Name
Eric and Amy Flygare
Observation Date
Friday, March 15, 2013
Avalanche Date
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Region
Logan » Logan Canyon
Location Name or Route
Red Rocks
Elevation
7,600'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Depth
2'
Width
100'
Vertical
800'
Comments
On the way up to the canyon today we noticed several large wet slabs. The picture below is on the West face across from Red Rocks. It slid about 800 vertical and looked to be a hundred feet wide. My guess is that is slide in Thursday afternoon’s heat. We also noticed a large slide on a west northwest facing slope across from Beaver Mountain Backside. The slide stopped in thick trees before it reached the road. From what we could see through the trees it looked to be at least a hundred feet wide and was piled up fairly deep in spots. We also noticed the In-n-out chute slid full width for at least 1000 vertical. The In-n-out chute is a North facing chute just north and west of Music Note, beginning at 8200 feet.
Comments

Forecaster's comments: Looks like additional activity in the East Banks Area, across from Red Banks in Logan Canyon. I posted photos from Thursday, with the initial activity likely late on Wednesday.... More by yesterday morning by the looks of it....

The Beaver Canyon wet slab is quite notable, as avalanches aren't too common in the area, but historically can be quite problematic.

I've always heard of the chute you describe in Lower Logan Canyon referred to as "Drop-in, Drop Out" not "in and out". I noticed that this avalanche stopped before spilling over the cliff at the bottom.... There was some debris in this on Thursday, but no where near as much as on Friday....

Thanks for the good eyes....... Toby

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