The Wisp Ski Resort, here in McHenry, less than five minutes away from Ridgeview Valley experienced a first of its kind event earlier this week, a snow avalanche. The photo below shows where there is a big section of missing snow on the Face, an expert ski hill. Fortunately, no one got hurt. This probably happened because of the unusual weather circumstances: warm weather, suddenly changing to cold, followed by a significant snowstorm that dumped probably around 14 - 18 inches of snow; followed by a rainy day, plus the steepness of the slope. It rained quite a bit, and its entirely possible that water saturated the snow, made it heavy and also got under the snow cover to make a slippery surface. Anyway, it's pretty unique.
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