Observer Name
Skabelund
Observation Date
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Avalanche Date
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Region
Logan » Wellsville Mountain Wilderness » Rattlesnake Canyon
Location Name or Route
Rattlesnake
Elevation
8,300'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Cornice Fall
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Depth
Unknown
Width
450'
Vertical
1,500'
Comments
Large swath or well-developed cornice cleaved. The slide ran around 1200 feet. Debris pile up deep in the main Rattlesnake gully. Cornices on this ridge are quite sensitive to the sun. Each of the gullies running into the main rattlesnake gully showed day or two old soft slide debris. I would expect Rattlesnake to be quite active on warm afternoons in the near future.
Comments
I caught a view of this cornice fall avalanche from southern Cache Valley this morning (weed, 3-18-23)
