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Snodgrass shuffle
Date of Observation: 12/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Standard skin track up and traversed above 1st and 2nd bowls on the north side. Descended my up-track down to the trailhead. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: I inspected several previously reported avalanches on northerly slopes from 12/27 (likely…
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Gothic 7am weather
Date of Observation: 12/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Billy Barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Gothic Townsite Observed avalanche activity: No Weather: Obscured, of course, but only light wind yesterday afternoon along with light snow as well. But the wind picked up late in the day and continued through the night. The 24…
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quiet….maybe too quiet
Date of Observation: 12/29/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Washington Gulch TH to Anthracite mesa. Ascended low-angle east and northeast slopes to ridgetop. Avoided being on or underneath avalanche terrain. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: None observed. Brief views of SW side of Snodgrass and steep, leeward northeasterly…
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Gothic 7 a.m. (but somewhere it is summer)
Date of Observation: 12/29/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Gothic Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Weather: More of the same with light snow and generally strong wind. Snow stopped for a couple hours in the afternoon but still no visibility at all and there has been none for…
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Kebler roadside obs
Date of Observation: 12/28/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Quick afternoon snowmobile tour out to look at 7 sisters and back, testing some small slopes enroute Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Poor visibility. 7 sisters stayed put. Couldn’t see much else for avalanche terrain. Weather:…
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HUGE collapses
Date of Observation: 12/27/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy and Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Snowmobiled out Cement Creek to about 10,500 ft, near Hunter Hill trail. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Looks like one fresh persistent slab ran with yesterday’s winds. Spotted two other persistent slabs that ran during the…
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Snodgrass N 11k pit
Date of Observation: 12/26/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Snodgrass 11k Observed avalanche activity: No Snowpack: Snodgrass N 11k snowpit. HS 125, CT 9 95 cm up, CT 15 20 cm up, ECTN despite whaling. [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/noname-2.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/noname-3.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/noname-4.jpg” condition=”isnot” value=””] Photos: [/gravityforms] [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”is” value=”yes”][accordion_item title=”Avalanche Report #1″ parent_id=”my-accordion”…
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Dangerous Week Ahead: Video
In this video, CBAC highlights why avalanche conditions are bad and how to reduce your risk. Help us spread the word to visitors and locals alike during this holiday week.
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Gothic 7am Weather Update
Date of Observation: 12/26/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Weather: Really little to report. The wind stopped mid day Saturday and there was gradual clearing and it dropped to 2ºF during the night before clouds moved back in and is at 24F now. There was scattered light snow with 1″…
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Lower Slate River avalanches (previously reported but photos here)
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Avalanche obs from the road. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Photos and coding for avalanches previously reported. [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1900-Custom-scaled.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1904-Custom-scaled.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1895-Custom-scaled.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_1897-Custom-scaled.jpg” condition=”isnot” value=””] Photos: [/gravityforms] [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”Yes” condition=”is” value=”yes”][accordion_item title=”Avalanche Report #1″ parent_id=”my-accordion” open=”false”]…