Avalanche: Miller Bowl

Observer Name
Eric Flygare
Observation Date
Friday, December 17, 2010
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 17, 2010
Region
Logan » Logan River » Tony Grove » Miller Bowl
Location Name or Route
Miller and Rocky Bowls
Elevation
8,800'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
10"
Width
25'
Vertical
400'
Comments

We set off several avalanches today in the Miller and Rocky bowls above Tony Grove Lake. Most of the slides were dry loose sluffs, but we did set off a couple of small soft slabs in the Rocky bowl. Avalanches occurred on North to East aspects and failed above the rain crust from last Sunday. The most notable slides occurred in Miller bowl. The slides started in the steep upper section of Miller Bowl (approximately 40 degrees) and entrained all the new snow about twenty feet wide running 400 vertical feet leaving, a shinny exposed rain crust in its path. The deposit at the bottom piled up in trees and appeared to be up to 4 feet deep. The slides were all relatively slow moving and could easily be outran but were more difficult to negotiate as they collected more and more snow.

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