mountaingazelle - May 28, 2009 2:50 pm - Voted 10/10
Nice Photo!Storm Mountain looks very prominent from here. Great view of the upper part of Stairs Gulch.
Rocky Alps - May 29, 2009 11:12 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Nice Photo!Thanks! From the main road in Big Cottonwood Canyon, the view of Storm Mountain is absolutely neck-bending (looking up at Willard Spires in the North is the only other place in the Wasatch I can think of that also gains at least 3,000 feet in such a short distance). The Mule Hollow trail has great views of Storm Mountain, despite being quite overgrown after this point (we didn't get much further than this).
lcarreau - May 28, 2009 11:20 pm - Voted 10/10
I'm assuming thatvery impressive face of solid granite has
harbored many avalanches over the years ??
Rocky Alps - May 29, 2009 11:17 am - Hasn't voted
Re: I'm assuming thatIt looks like it would be, but I think the granite/quartzite slopes are steeper than ones where prime avalanche conditions are found (35 to 40 degree incline). I could be wrong though, since I'm not sure which parts of Big Cottonwood Canyon have the most avalanches. I know the Tanners Gulch area in Little Cottonwood Canyon has occasional avalanches that cover the main road.
lcarreau - May 29, 2009 8:19 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Just thinking ...Would be nice if somebody put together an
"active avalanche track map" for Little
Cottonwood & Big Cottonwood Canyons.
I know for a fact that avalanches do occur on
the upper end of South Willow Canyon in
Utah's awesome Stansburys.
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