Whitney Portal Road

Posted March 22nd, 2010 by jediah porter

Location

United States
36° 36' 4.0608" N, 118° 12' 59.8644" W
Date and time of observation: 
March 21, 2010 - 1:00pm
Region: 
Lone Pine Area
Observation Type: 
Avalanche
Red Flags: 
Recent avalanche activity
Rapid warming
Obvious avalanche path
Terrain Trap
Avalanche Observations
Avalanche Type: 
Wet
Trigger type: 
Natural
Aspect: 
East
Terrain: 
Below Treeline
More detailed information about the avalanche: 

Mapped point is the toe of debris, accumulated in road. Exact Start zone unknown. Exact date and time unknown (sometime between 11am 20100318 and 2pm 20100321). Slide entrained sagebrush, conifer branches, and some deadwood. D2.5 or so. Most notable is that this will block the road for a while, and above the road is dry for a long ways. Luckily no one was parked above. 2wd cars with low clearance are driving all the way to this point. Photo here: http://www.whitneyportalstore.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Numb...

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