Leavenworth Real Estate

Kahler Glen Avalanche Destroys Home

A home at the Kahler Glen golf course near Lake Wenatchee was hit by an avalanche yesterday and carried 150 yards off its foundation according to the Wenatchee World. According to Lake Wenatchee sources, the home was located on Pelton Place which sits above Miracle Mile Road.

KIRO TV has the best photos of the avalanche damage and the home. They reported that a mandatory evacuation was in place for 15 nearby homes, due to avalanche danger and a buried propane tank that appeared to be leaking.

It doesn’t appear that anyone was in the home, but that it was a vacation rental that was scheduled to be occupied this weekend. A two person cleaning crew had been in the home earlier in the day. It sounds like a second home was also damaged by the avalanche.

The condos at Kahler Glen are outside of an area that might be effected by avalanches. However, Pelton Place, where this home was located, is on a steep slope backed by land owned by a large timber company. Local news media seem surprised by this avalanche, but last spring, a home on this road was hit by a giant mudslide doing tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage.

According to the Northwest Avalanche Center this is the seventh significant avalanche incident this winter. The NWAC had predicted high avalanche danger for Thursday and warned travellers to avoid backcountry areas.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am and is filed under Cabins, Community News, Condominiums, Luxury Homes, Vacation Homes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

1. grow-a-brain said at February 14th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

   Thank you Geordie, for participating in my little survey about the state of the market.

   I need to go back to work….
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2. Geordie Romer said at March 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am

   Here is some updated news about the avalanche at Kahler Glen. Chelan County has hired an engineer to look at avalanche danger throughout Kahler Glen. It will be interesting to see if they allow building permits in the future for houses on the top of Miracle Mile or Pelton Place. You can read the Wenatchee World article here. http://wenatcheeworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS04/829453290

3. Leavenworth Real Estate Blog - Request an Article | Icicle Creek Real Estate said at February 26th, 2009 at 7:53 pm

   [...] Of course scandal and intrigue always make for a good read. I try to stay out of litigation as a matter of principal, so the real juicy stuff is likely to show up someplace else.  But when a policy issue like Chiwawa River Pines discussion of banning vacation rentals comes up, I’m happy to throw in my two cents.  Every once and awhile I even get in on on reporting local news – like the avalanche at Kahler Glen. [...]

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