Picture showing the wind damage on the northeast face of Ben Lomond (9,711')
We decided to exit Cutler Creek, and we were very impressed with the avalanche cycle around January 10th with one of the atmospheric river events during that time frame. The gully walls were impressive, and trees a few hundred feet up the side walls were stripped clean of their branches. Very impressive avalanche.
We marked the toe of the avalanche and figured out it ran 3,211 vertical feet downhill from the ridge to the toe of the avalanche with an Alpha Angle of 17.4°. The distance the avalanche traveled was 8,896 feet /1.68 miles, or 903 three-meter probes. Anyway, it's big; Doug has been in these mountains for a long time and has never seen Ben Lomond run that far. Lots of pics attached.