Observer Name
Weed/Archibald
Observation Date
Monday, February 7, 2011
Avalanche Date
Monday, February 7, 2011
Region
Logan » Logan River » Steam Mill » Steam Mill/White Pine Canyon Ridge
Location Name or Route
Steam Mill/White Pine Canyon Ridge
Elevation
7,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
2'
Width
125'
Vertical
80'
Comments
We remote triggered this nice Hard Slab avalanche from around 40' away. I was riding the sled on a popular backcountry route and Josh was skiing nearby on our way down for the day..... The avalanche failed and ran on buried persistent weak layers. In part of the crown, the avalanche stepped well below the very hard MLK ice-crust (1/16) running on the surface hoar/ nsf layer buried on 1/8/2011.
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