Author: CBAC

Date of Observation: 01/30/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Cement Creek primarily between 9,800ft and 12,000ft on a variety of aspects. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Weather: Another beautiful day. Calm winds. Snowpack: Nothing notable or different from the currently reported conditions. On a northwesterly slope at 10,000ft.…

Date of Observation: 01/29/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Purple Ridge on 1/28 and Poverty Gulch on 1/29. N to E 9,500ft to 11,700ft. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Miner sluffing. A couple of thin, and very small wind slabs from previous days. 1 thin wind slab that…

Date of Observation: 01/28/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Jack Caprio[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Schuykill Peak. Traveled on NE to E to S aspects to 12,100 ft. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Triggered a handful of shallow sluffs and shallow wind slabs, all harmless in size (D1 or less). See…

Date of Observation: 01/28/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Standard Axtel skin track up to treeline and descend 2nd Bowl Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: I was able to easily skier trigger small Loose Dry avalanches on sheltered northerly terrain. Most remained in the D1 range, but a…

Date of Observation: 01/26/2022 Name: Zach Kinler and Mark Gober Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Mt Emmons, Kebler to Slate. 9,000′-12,000′ Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A handful of small dry loose avalanches in steep, shady terrain. Some natural, some skier triggered on slopes greater than ~38 degrees. Weather: Fairly cold but it is January.…

Date of Observation: 01/26/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Jack Caprio[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Traveled on various aspects on Mt. Owen and Mt. Afley near and above treeline Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Ski triggered a handful of very thin wind slabs in a high elevation, northwest facing gulley. The…

Date of Observation: 01/26/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Snowmobiled out Cement Creek to Italian Mountain. Ascended westerly facing terrain to the summit. Descended east – northeast terrain into Italian Creek and reclimbed to the summit and descended westerly-facing gullies. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Skier triggered a…

Date of Observation: 01/24/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Rode on northerly aspects of East and West Beckwith to about 11,300′ Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Noted 3 shallow soft slabs that ran naturally above treeline sometime in the past few days, D1 in size. Added a couple…