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Date of Observation: 01/11/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Upper Slate. Traveled mostly on E and NE aspects to 12,000 ft. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Nothing today. Spotted a few more small wet loose avalanches from yesterday on south facing ATL terrain. Weather: Thin scattered clouds, light…

Date of Observation: 01/10/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Upper Peeler Basin and OBJ Basin, traveled mostly on E and NE aspects from 12,200 to 9,500 ft. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A handful of wet loose ran today on sunny aspects near treeline, D1 in size. Spotted…

Date of Observation: 01/09/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Scarp Ridge to Oh-Be-Joyful Peak, viewed from Schuykill Ridge Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A few more that we missed from the helicopter, ran late in the cycle around 12/30 or 12/31. [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_2354-Custom-scaled.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_2353-Custom-scaled.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_2351-Custom-scaled.jpg” condition=”isnot” value=””]…

Date of Observation: 01/09/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Anthracites Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: An unreported avalanche below treeline on a northeast-facing slope from near the middle portion of the Anthracites skin track. Did not inspect the crown, but it hammered the typical skin track breaking at…

Date of Observation: 01/09/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Jack Caprio[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Schuykill Ridge, NE to E aspects to 11,400 ft. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A handful of small wind slabs on Peeler Peek ran naturally yesterday, D1 soft slabs. Added some more previously undocumented slides from…

Date of Observation: 01/08/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Washington Gulch, just before Coneys. NE 9,500-10,700ft. Weather: Calm wind, mostly cloudy sky, Snowing throughout most of the day with several heavy pulses. The sun made its way through the clouds a few times with a bit of a…

Date of Observation: 01/08/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Standard up-track on Mount Emmons to summit. Descended glades to the gravel pit. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: none Weather: Light to moderate snowfall from 11 – 130. Around 130 precip rates increased noticeably to the S2-S3 range. New…

Date of Observation: 01/07/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Snodgrass TH down to East River Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: nothing new observed Weather: Clear skies, light winds at my below treeline elevation, and mild air temperatures. I observed some drifting above treeline on Whetstone, Whiterock, and Bellview…

Date of Observation: 01/07/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Cement Creek. Various aspects between 9,000ft and 11,600ft. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: No new avalanches and taking a moment to look around from Double Top Ridge I didn’t see anything obvious jumping out. Weather: Few clouds, warm, calm.…

Date of Observation: 01/07/2022 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Jack Caprio[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Mt. Emmons, NE aspect Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A couple of small wet loose slides on SW aspects NTL this afternoon. Weather: Mostly clear, mild temps, calm winds. Snowpack: 1 to 3 mm surface hoar…