Gothic 7am Weather Update
Date of Observation: 02/04/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Weather: Strong wind yesterday with snow starting around sunset and ending by midnight, then clearing and cooling. New snow is 7″ with a dense wind driven 0.71″ of water. The snowpack sits at 36½”, just shy of winters deepest. Current clear and 5F after a low of 2F and […]
Whole Lot Of Wind
Date of Observation: 02/03/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Washington Gulch Aspect: Elevation: 9,000-11,300ft Avalanches: Triggered 1 small persistent slab on a NE slope at 11,200ft. This avalanche was triggered from the ridge above and about 10 feet away from the crown. The crown height averaged 30 to 45cm. The weak layer NSF at the 1/19 […]
Weak structure on the border of NW and SW mountains.
Date of Observation: 02/03/2021
Westside Carnage
Date of Observation: 02/02/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: East Beckwith Aspect: North East Elevation: 9900-11500′ Avalanches: Noteworthy cycle of persistent slabs on the west side of the Ruby Range (W and SW aspects N/ATL). See photos. Many of these likely ran on Sunday triggered by wet loose slides or simply warming. The others ran […]
Its warm out there on Snodgrass
Date of Observation: 02/02/2021 Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Snodgrass front side Aspect: North East, East, South East, South Elevation: 9,300′ – 10,600′ Avalanches: nothing new observed Weather: Mostly cloudy skies early transitioned to partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Mild air temps – felt a bit above freezing (weather stations confirmed temps in […]
Pop goes the Weasel
Date of Observation: 02/01/2021 Name: Zach Kinler Eric Murrow Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Elk Creek Aspect: North East, East Elevation: 9,600-10,500 Avalanches: Remotely triggered two avalanches from ridge top. The first was from ~250 feet away while moving towards the top of a steep open slope, D1.5 with debris piling up deeply in the terrain […]
More avalanche obs
Date of Observation: 01/31/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Views in around the West Elks, Ruby Range, and Elk Range. Avalanches: Lots of avalanche activity up-valley from Crested Butte. Kebler Pass, Ruby Range, and the main Elk Mountains all went through a cycle of mostly D2 avalanches. East to southeast near and below treeline had […]
Slides in Robinson Basin
Date of Observation: 01/31/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Robinson Basin Aspect: East, South East Elevation: NTL Avalanches: See photos of large natural persistent slab avalanches on E/SE aspects of Robinson Basin that ran today
Turning up the heat
Date of Observation: 01/31/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Baxter Basin Elevation: 9,600 – 11,700 ft Avalanches: Numerous natural D2 to D3 persistent slabs ran yesterday or today, mostly above treeline, appeared to be all on 1/19 interface, 3 to 6 feet deep. See photos/captions for details. Handful of smaller windslabs D1 to D2 ran […]
Multiple Remote Triggers
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 Zone: Northwest Mountains Avalanches: Remotely triggered 5 large persistent slab avalanches while ascending a ridge near treeline. Super sensitive. Deepest crown was about 6 feet deep. They all stepped at least in part through last week’s snow. Ran with substantial energy and large powder clouds. CBAC note: We gathered this observation […]