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Observer Name
Doug Wewer
Observation Date
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Region
Ogden » Ben Lomond
Location Name or Route
Ben Lomond Area
Elevation
8,000'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

Numerous crowns observed around Ben Lomond on South, Southeast and East aspects, mostly at mid and lower elevations. It's possible that some were dry slabs from last week's storm, but most look to have wet-like debris. I'm guessing they came down between 4/15 and 4/17 of last week. Maybe helped along by helped along by Thursday's earthquake?

Interesting to note that many of the bed surfaces are white and the surrounding snow surface is tan from the dust. It almost looks like a "negative" image of other typical slides that came down during the early April storms.

In addition to the slabs, numerous (typical) wet sluffs were observed.

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