Irwin dumptown
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Irwin Guides[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Irwin Tenure Avalanches: Touchy storm slabs in the AM chilled out by mid-day and we were able to resume ski checks that produced little beyond moving loose snow and some pocket slabs. Wind slab was not an issue near and […]
Ruby Range
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Kebler Ruby Range Aspect: East, South East Elevation: 10,000-11,000 Avalanches: Several natural loose snow and soft slab avalanches running throughout the day. All small in size. Weather: Snowing S1 to S3. Throughout the day. We were mostly in protected terrain […]
Roadside avalanche obs with poor vis
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains & Northwest Mountains Avalanches: Visibility was tantalizingly poor all day. Just enough vis for a few seconds to spot some natural avalanche activity. Observed a number of dry loose avalanches above treeline on Gothic and Scarp Ridge. Two small Wind […]
Snow and blow
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Kebler Pass Aspect: North, South East Elevation: 10,000 – 11,500′ Avalanches: Limited visibility obscured views of most near and above treeline terrain. -A few small natural wind slabs on east and southeast aspects near and below treeline that ran last […]
Gothic 7 a.m.
Date of Observation: 01/30/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Gothic Weather: Cloudy with steady and light, but dense, snow much of the night with 2″ new and water 0.20″- a small crystal compact snow. Snowpack sits at 34″. Currently it is cloudy but not snowing and staying generally mild […]
Elkton Knob remotely triggered avalanche
Date of Observation: 01/29/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Elkton area Aspect: East, South East Elevation: 9,400′ – 11,200′ Avalanches: Remotely triggered a small, D1, avalanche on a steep east-facing slope at 11,100′ with previous drifting. Weather: Mostly cloudy day, but with a few bits of sun […]
Quiet Shallow Weak Cement Creek…kind of
Date of Observation: 01/28/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Cement Creek to Reno Divide for photo & glassing then tour on Hunter Hill Aspect: North East, East, South East Elevation: 9,000 – 11,800′ Avalanches: Observed a number of avalanches in the Cement and Brush Creek drainages…all from […]
Ruby Range Wind Loading
Date of Observation: 01/27/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Baldy south ridge up to southeast ridge down Aspect: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West, North West Elevation: 9,400 – 12,600 Avalanches: A handful of fresh avalanches with crowns looking sharp. D2 in the […]
Morning avalanche obs
Date of Observation: 01/27/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Avalanches: See photos. A handful of large natural slab avalanches on leeward terrain near and above treeline (easterly aspects) that all look like they ran last night or yesterday afternoon. Most appear to be on the 1/19 facet layer, and a […]
Thar she blows
Date of Observation: 01/26/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Upper Slate Aspect: North East, East, South East, West Elevation: 9700 – 10900′ Avalanches: Ski cut a couple of thin wind slabs below treeline, about 6″ thick, that formed this afternoon, D1. Got good views of the large avalanche reported […]