In a brief clearing yesterday evening both Eric and I noticed a change in the run out cones on Maple Bench below the big east facing avalanche paths above Mendon. It appeared as though several of the paths naturally avalanched with Wednesday's heavy snowfall.. My first impression is that these were fairly long-running avalanches, with debris spilling well out onto the flat benches below the flow directing gullies....

12-31-2010- I was able to get up to Maple Bench today and confirmed this information.... An extensive natural cycle did occur with Wednesday's Storm, likely late in the day 12-29-2010..... Here's a look at the huge pile of fresh debris at the bottom of Old Logway Canyon....

The avalanche broke and tossed about a number of trees on the edge of the large debris pile.... It ran the full length of it's path....

Here, I'm looking from the toe of the Old Logway Avalanche uphill toward the probable area of the crown, which has been blown in and obscured since the avalanche.

This avalanche hit Maple Bench with lots of destructive force.....