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Avalanche: Wedding Ring Ridge

Observer Name
Darce Trotter/ Steve Cote
Observation Date
Friday, November 29, 2013
Avalanche Date
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Region
Skyline » Huntington Canyon » Left Fork Huntington Canyon » Wedding Ring Ridge
Location Name or Route
Wedding Ring Ridge, SE of summit of SR 31
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2.5'
Width
80'
Vertical
60'
Comments

This occurred sometime after Steves Ob and report of activity that was 1000' north of this location and we found it interesting because we dug a snowpit there on our second field day last year, i will include the video of that along with a pic from today, keep in mind, the video was from last year and conditions were completely different, in fact, we have never seem much activity here in the past

Comments

test pic of surface hoar from sheltered area today

Comments

Big Drift is not so drifty so far this year, East winds raked most the snow away

Comments

this is a video of the area of activity, but was taken last year

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