Avalanche: East Faces-Wellsville Range

Observer Name
Weed---Flygare
Observation Date
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Region
Logan » Little Bear » East Faces-Wellsville Range
Location Name or Route
Elevation
6,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Repeater
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Depth
5'
Width
1,500'
Vertical
2,500'
Comments

This morning 1-23-10, , I could see evidence of several large natural avalanches that fell from large east facing slide paths in the Well

Comments

Natural avalanches hit Maple Bench full-force this weekend (1-23-10)

Comments

Avalanches occurred at all elevations....This low one on Red Slide isn't much higher than 6000' in elevation...

On 1-25-10, Eric wrote: The road cut just to the North of the Summit of Sardine canyon slid. The East facing slope release and slide to the road. I would estimate it at 100 to 200 feet wide and ran a total of 100 feet it looked to be 1 to 2 feet deep. It probably happened near the end of the storm cycle since the crown was still visible and not snowed in.

Comments

Cloud cover obscured the view of the ridge top for much of the day before breaking briefly in the afternoon of 1-25-10....

Also from Eric: It looked like a sizeable slide occurred in the canyon between Wide Hollow and Silver Mine Hollow above Sherwood Hills Resort. It looked like the slide ran about 1000 vertical and was at least several hundred feet wide. I am not sure when it occurred since it was too far away to see the crown. If I had some time that would be a good one to go check out.

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