Avalanche — P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch, Utah
April 28, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
P Nc Weber/P C Morgan/P W C Summit/P Sc Wasatch
Event narrative (NOAA)
Warm weather triggered a large "glide" avalanche in Stairs Gulch on Storm Mountain above Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing 2 hikers. The enormous slide was 1,000 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The slide funneled 2,000 vertical feet down into the narrow gulch.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.