Observer Name
Kevin Dressel
Observation Date
Friday, March 1, 2019
Avalanche Date
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Region
Ogden
Location Name or Route
Perry Lake
Elevation
8,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Depth
2'
Width
100'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
This is just north of the far north end of the North Fork drainage above Perry Lake. My guess is this avalanche occurred sometime last Saturday afternoon or evening, but maybe later. I was skiing in the Cutler Ridge area then and the winds were very strong from the SW and snowing lightly. Since then it has been windy but not as intense I don't think. Really hard to say on that though. I was in this area last Fri. and did not see any signs of recent avalanches then. This was clearly a hard slab by the size of the snow chunks way down the slope. It almost ran full track but not quite. 1000' of 1200'. The cornice on the ridge is massive! There is some new snow with some more wind so it's hard to tell especially from a distance but it looks to be at least 2' deep and about 100' wide. I snuck in the far skiers right side of the path and skied to the bottom. Overcast clouds came in when I got ther and the lighting wasn't that good but I got some zoomed in photos from the starting zone on my skin out and some from the top.
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