Avalanche: Bullen Basin

Observer Name
Chris Shippley
Observation Date
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » White Pine Dup » Bullen Basin
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
4'
Width
150'
Vertical
350'
Comments

Comments

Here's a little closer view. Note the high number of recent tracks taken out by the dangerous avalanche. Just after the avalanche occurred, another member of the party noticed cracks across much of the rest of the large bowl to the south. The well prepared party then decided that enough was enough, and they departed the area

(photo by Doug Wever from a FS plane on a avalanche viewing overflight the afternoon of 1-28-10.)

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