Avalanche: East Faces-Wellsville Range

Observer Name
Toby Weed
Observation Date
Monday, December 20, 2010
Avalanche Date
Monday, December 20, 2010
Region
Logan » Little Bear » East Faces-Wellsville Range
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
2,500'
Comments

I could see that most of the major avalanche paths on the east side of the Wellsville Range west of Mendon have naturally avalanched. Of note are large avalanches in Pine and Old Log-way Canyons, which ran around 2500'.

Old Log-way canyon as seen from across Cache Valley.....

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