Large, Destructive Wet Slab Avalanche Triggered by Throwing a Snowball in Smoky Mountains, ID Things are a bit touchy in Idaho right now.ย On Sunday, March, 17, an avalanche forecaster triggered a destructive wet slab avalanche near Dollarhide Summit in the Smoky Mountains of Idahoย by throwing a snowball at a slope. It ran 1,400′ to the valley below.ย A forecaster discussion on the Sawtooth Avalanche Center’s website shared information about the current wet slab avalanche […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Sawtooth Recreation Area, ID Report: Mellow Laps in the Crossroads of 5 Different Mountain Ranges [arve url="https://youtu.be/lQZf2inxvws"] Martin Kuprianowicz | March 3, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
As Idaho Shakes, Geologists Look For Answers On March 31, 2020, at precisely 5:52 pm central Idaho was rocked by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake. The quake was the second-largest ever recorded in the state. The largest temblor in Idaho’s history was the Borah Peak earthquake in 1983 which registered as a magnitude 6.9. The questions geologists are asking of the March 31st quake is why was it […] Brains Alex Camerino | September 5, 2020 0 Comments