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Storm Mountain from Mule Hollow

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Storm Mountain shooting up from Big Cottonwood Canyon, seen from Mule Hollow. 5/25/09

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Nice Photo!

Voted 10/10

Storm Mountain looks very prominent from here. Great view of the upper part of Stairs Gulch.

Posted May 28, 2009 2:50 pm


	Rocky Alps	Re: Nice Photo!
	Hasn't voted	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).
		Posted May 29, 2009 11:12 am

I'm assuming that

Voted 10/10

very impressive face of solid granite has
harbored many avalanches over the years ??

Posted May 28, 2009 11:20 pm


	Rocky Alps	Re: I'm assuming that
	Hasn't voted	It 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.
		Posted May 29, 2009 11:17 am


	lcarreau	Re: Just thinking ...
	Voted 10/10	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.
		Posted May 29, 2009 8:19 pm