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Avalanche: Huntsville Valley

Observer Name
Doug Wewer
Observation Date
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Region
Ogden » Huntsville Valley
Location Name or Route
Huntsville Valley Road Cuts
Elevation
5,800'
Trigger
Unknown
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
10"
Width
50'
Vertical
10'
Comments
Then went for a tour above Nordic Valley in the afternoon. Experienced numerous collapses just walki
Comments
On our descent, took a whack at a road cut with my ski pole and triggered a shallow soft slab in the new snow (up to 10" deep), propagated up to 40 feet (see RoadCut_1 photo). Continued down the road cut and basically got the whole thing to slide, 10 to 50 feet at a time... (see RoadCut_2 photo).
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