Observer Name
weed
Observation Date
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Avalanche Date
Monday, February 27, 2023
Region
Logan » Wellsville Mountain Wilderness » Mendon Peak » Bird Canyon
Location Name or Route
Wellsville Mountain Wilderness, Bird Canyon
Elevation
8,700'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
3,000'
Comments
I went up to Maple Bench to check out the extensive natural avalanche cycle that occurred earlier in the week. The avalanche in Bird Canyon was one of several large and very long running natural avalanches that probably all ran around the same time during the intense part of the storm on Monday morning. The avalanche ran fun length of it's path and pasted the maple trees well down in the forest below the path.
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