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Avalanche: Hells Kitchen

Observer Name
Michael Janulaitis
Observation Date
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Region
Logan » Franklin Basin » Hells Kitchen
Location Name or Route
East Side Hells Kitchen
Elevation
11,200'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
45°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
7"
Width
500'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments

I skied the Hells Kitchen bowl today and on my way up I saw this large east facing slide. It looks like the new snow naturaled within the last week or maybe just a few days ago. There were 4 large slides along the east face of the Hells Kitchen ridgeline. They ran to the flats at the bottom leaving large debree piles. The west face of Hells Kitchen had 4 or 5 wet point slides that didn't go very far. Most likely they slide late yesterday afternoon when the snow was the warmest.

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