Author: CB Avalanche Center

Location: Paradise Divide Date of Observation: 11/07/2015 Subject Skier Triggered Slab Avalanche on Baldy Aspect: North Elevation: Above Treeline Avalanches: On a north facing bowl on Mt Baldy. SS-AS-R2-D2-O Photo credit Austin Gibney

Location: Kebler Pass Area Date of Observation: 11/07/2015 Name: Steve Banks Subject Obs Aspect: South West Elevation: 12000 Avalanches: SS-N-R2-D1 noted in the saddle between Ruby and Owen. Looks to have run mid storm. Some debris piles noted on the East faces of Ruby and Owen looks like dribblers that also ran midstorm. Weather: Sunny,…

Location: Kebler Pass Area Date of Observation: 11/06/2015 Name: Havlick Subject Irwin Snow Obs Aspect: Elevation: 10,200 ft Snowpack: Last 24 hours: 6″ at .5″ SWE Storm total: 18″ at 1.45″ SWE Density inversion 4″ below the surface. Gusty WNW winds and 3-4′ drifts.

Location: Paradise Divide Area Date of Observation: 11/05/2015 Name: Zach Guy Subject: Touchy Conditions on Mt. Baldy Aspect: North East, South East Elevation: 10,000 – 11,700 feet Avalanches: Skier triggered one soft slab on a NE feature above treeline that failed on the storm interface about 15″ deep, on faceted snow. Small in destructive size.…

Location: Paradise Divide Area Date of Observation: 10/31/2015 Name: – Subject Triggered Wind Slab on Mineral Point Aspect: East Elevation: Above treeline Avalanches: 2nd hand report to CBAC of a wind slab triggered while climbing on the east face of Mineral Point. The crown was roughly 1 foot deep and estimated 20-40 feet wide, on…

Location: Paradise Divide Area Date of Observation: 10/31/2015 Name: Dustin Subject Halloween in Paradise Aspect: South East, South, South West Elevation: 11,200-13200 Avalanches: Saw a previously triggered (assumed to be natural) wet loose/slab on a SSE aspect R1 D1 with a crown around 3-4 inches. Also skier triggered a wet loose R1 D1 on a…

Location: Paradise Divide Area Date of Observation: 10/31/2015 Name: Zach Guy Subject Treasury Mountain Aspect: North, South Elevation: 11,500 to 13,000 ft. Avalanches: No signs of instability except for very shallow and isolated cracking in areas with recent wind drifting (only a couple inches deep) Not much in the way of avalanche concerns. Weather: Few…

Location: Crested Butte Area Date: 06/13/2015 Name: Max Lasky Subject: Wet slab W aspect Aspect: West Elevation: 13,000 ft Weather: Clear skies and a solid refreeze however only 24 hours after major rain event which led to serious sluffs/point release stepping down and triggering wet slabs throughout Queens basin Snowpack: Two inches of melt freeze…