Avalanche: Pine Canyon

Observer Name
Paige Pagnucco
Observation Date
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Region
Logan » Little Bear » Pine Canyon
Location Name or Route
Pine Canyon - Lunch Rock area
Elevation
8,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Comments

Noticed this slide from across the valley. The crown was probably 3-6' deep and 1000' across. The avalanche ran full length leaving a substantial pile of dirty deposition over 3000 vertical feet down below. The avalanche was very destructive as evidenced by broken trees in the debris. It mostly likely ran overnight or early this morning.

There were at least two other smaller, but large fresh avalanches nearby. One above Sherwood Hills resort in Sardine Canyon and another visible on a lower elevation slope between Wellsville and Mendon. Also of note that the road between Wellsville and Mendon was experiencing moderate flooding - lots of water coming off the foothills into the bench area.

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