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Avalanche: South Face

Observer Name
Doug Wewer
Observation Date
Monday, March 5, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Region
Ogden » Ben Lomond » South Face
Location Name or Route
Ben Lomond - South Face
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Depth
Unknown
Width
300'
Vertical
2,250'
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Got some better photos today...

First photo below of starting zone and crown is from Jeff Metzger.

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More starting zone photos.

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Photos of toe of debris - looks like a nice (20' deep?) pile of debris at the toe.

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Google Earth Image showing the general path. I couldn't see the East facing terrain real well, but it looks like a couple of other smaller paths contributed snow to the debris pile. These looked to be mostly wet loose slides, but fairly large.

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