Gobblers Knob Avalanche
March 14th, 2007
Gone, gone, gone... All
the white stuff of my favorite lines on Gobblers Knob ended up
in a massive debris pile a half mile down canyon by the intersection
of North Raymond Fork and the Gobblers gully. Touring in the Raymond/Gobblers
neighborhood today was like tip toeing through a dragon's lair;
carnage lay heaped around every corner. The avalanche on cabin
run looked tiny next to this monster. Nature never ceases to amaze.
Kinda hard to see before the sun came up.
The standard skin track route was about the only part that didn't
slide.
This is the middle part of the slide, or the beginning of the
deposition zone which stretched about a quarter mile. If we get
a dump big enough to bury the huge chunks, it'll be really great
skiing!
Here's the lower middle part of the slide, more of the deposition
zone. Thousands of aspen scrubbies thankfully flattened.
Supportable crusts made for excellent explorations.
This is looking down the track towards the intersection with North
Raymond fork. No more crashing through the brush!
This is looking back up the track towards Gobblers Knob.
This was a smaller slide between Gobblers and Raymond. It's a
stunning example of how trees don't always work as anchors.
We stuck to low angles, ridges,
supportable crusts and slopes that had already slid as we tip-toed
through the dragon's lair... Till noon, anyways. |
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