(David Blanchard) wrote in
:

In article , Kurt Knisely
wrote:

Makes for a longer run now off of Humphries...some years at least.


Emphasis on the "...some years at least." This was not one of those
years.

Last year I mountain biked on the Waterline road to where it overlooks
the avalanche path. A portion of the avalanche had turned back up the
opposite site of the drainage and had overrun Waterline. Most
impressive!

Even twenty years ago it appeared that the top of the Waterline road was
hit fairly often. No trees the

http://www.allwest.net/~kurt/images/...dasfingers.jpg

Some of those images on the KPAC page though do show the runout going up one
side of the canyon, crossing, and up the other. Lots of mature trees taken out.
Yes, very impressive:

http://www.kachinapeaks.org/photo_ga...p/PICT0135.jpg

More shots:

http://www.kachinapeaks.org/photo_guide.html

Maybe someday they'll get the Abineau trail open again?