UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Avalanche: Wellsville Mountain Wilderness

Observer Name
Eric and Amy Flygare
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Region
Logan » Little Bear » East Faces-Wellsville Range » Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
Location Name or Route
Wellsvilles
Elevation
8,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Comments

We noticed three significant avalanches yesterday in the Wellsvilles (see pics 1-3). All occurred between 8000 and 9000 feet on NE facing slopes. They appeared to be under a foot deep but were 100 to 200 foot wide slab avalanches. There was new snow on top of the fracture surfaces so they likely occurred Saturday or Sunday.

***Forecaster's note: Thanks for the pics. I think these natural persistent deep or wet slab avalanches actually occurred during or right after last week's warm, rainy, and windy storm, late Thursday or early Friday (3/23-3/24) I also think they were up to about 3' deep, a bit broader than described, and failed on a buried weak layer made up of sugary faceted snow.

Comments

We also found good riding conditions in the Tony Grove Area on Tuesday. The snow on steep slopes was still unaffected by the sun, everywhere else was getting baked. There was significant sluffing on steep slopes (See Pic 4)

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