Whetstone Avalanche (and one from Cement Mountaint) – upper elevations
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Roadside avalanche obs. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Numerous near and above treeline avalanches on northwest through north through east aspects. [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5148
Whetstone Avalanches, below and near treeline
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Roadside avalanche observations of Whetstone Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Natural avalanche activity below treeline on north through east aspects. See photos for some exampbles. [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5147
Shred Lady Glades
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Up the main track, down the glades. Avalanches: On the up track, we watched a group trigger a large slab avalanche on a NE to E section of Red Lady Bowl. While skiing a low-angle section of Red Lady Glades we triggered a large avalanche on […]
Avalanche Obs from Gothic to Copper to Brush Creek
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Viewed from afar from Mt. Crested Butte Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: My vantage was of mostly southerly and windward aspects (southeast to west). Relatively less activity on these aspects, but a handful of large slides. [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5144
Paradise Divide to Schofield Pass avalanche obs
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Viewed from afar from Mt. Crested Butte Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Numerous large avalanches on various aspects. I had good views of easterly and southerly aspects, but from afar. Sizes and avalanche type coded below are estimated from a distance, without clear views of runouts. […]
Southern Ruby Range obs
Date of Observation: 12/25/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Viewed from afar from Mt. Crested Butte Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Numerous large avalanches on various aspects. From my vantage, I could only see the east half of the compass, and I saw activity on all of those slopes. Sizes and avalanche type coded below […]
Washington Gulch snowmobile and pavement tour
Date of Observation: 12/24/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Snowmobiled out Washington Gulch Road to 10,000 feet and obs from pavement at 4pm. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: I remotely triggered a small avalanche on a northeast-facing slope at 10,000 feet, D1. While driving by Meridian lake at 4pm, I observed a small avalanche that […]
Gothic 7am weather report
Date of Observation: 12/24/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Gothic townsite Observed avalanche activity: No Weather: Thursday had light snowfall but very dense in the morning, picking up in the afternoon with 5″ new snow and 0.64″ water by sunset. After dark it became heavy and stayed that way overnight with thankfully only minimal wind […]
Storm totals around sunset
Date of Observation: 12/23/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: Weather: At 330 pm, I measured 5″ new snow just up valley from the Gothic townsite. In the town of Crested Butte at 6 pm, there was 6″ with .45″ snow water equivalent. Snowpack: [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5133
Southerly terrain observtions up high and down low
Date of Observation: 12/22/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Snowmo to Poverty Gulch and skin up southernly terrain of Mineral Point/Augusta. Observed avalanche activity: No Avalanches: nothing new observed Weather: Clear skies in the morning gave way to thin, high clouds in the afternoon. Temperatures and radiation were just strong enough to moisten surfaces on […]