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Avalanche: Wood Camp

Observer Name
weed, pagnucco
Observation Date
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Region
Logan » Logan River » Wood Camp
Location Name or Route
Wood Camp
Elevation
8,700'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
6'
Width
5,000'
Vertical
3,000'
Comments
Most of the Wood Camp Bowls naturally avalanched and ran down four drainages into the main avalanche path. We counted 9 huge avalanches, (or perhaps one big one involving all at once and joining in the main avalanche path), estimated 2' to 4' to perhaps 6+ ' deep and 600'--->1200' wide...
Comments
The alpha angle (from crown to toe) of this long running avalanche was around 18°
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