2003-2004 Avalanche Season

 

 

                                                 Dave and Todd under Castle Rock, Naomi Peak      12-15-03

                                

 

 

 

                                                           Examining the Castle Rock Crown    12-15-03

              

 

 

          Crown on Mendon Peak in the Wellsville Mountain Wilderness. The avalanche occurred overnight 1-1-04                              

             

 

 

 

                               Dave Kikkert under the crown 1-9-04                          

             

 

 

 

                   Trees topped by the air-blast on the ridge-top to the north of avalanche                         

            

 

 

 

                            The avalanche uprooted trees and tossed them about.                     

            

 

 

 

      The avalanche destroyed several acres of mature Maple, Mountain Ash and Aspen forest.                            

            

 

 

 

                     Small soft slab near the summit of Double Top Mountain1-04                     

             

 

 

 

                   Wind-drift avalanche across Beaver Creek 2-3-04. This avalanche was just north of hwy89                                   

               

 

 

 

                These wet avalanches made for dangerous fishing conditions on the Logan River. 2-18-04                     

              

 

 

 

      More than 3-dozen boy scouts were trapped in their snow caves while winter camping.  3-6-04                       

            

 

 

 

                       An unreported avalanche at the head of Bunchgrass Canyon.   3-7-04             

            

 

 

 

   Bruce Tremper looks at wet debris pile under North Hell Canyon in the Wellsville Mountain Wilderness 3-04     

           

 

 

 

                    Small, purposely triggered soft-slab north of Naomi Peak 3-28-04.