Author: CBAC
-
Gothic 7 a.m.
Date of Observation: 01/26/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Gothic Weather: This is now the 8th day in a row with measurable snowfall and only one day has recorded more than 2½”. A true sign of a winter in drought. Light snow yesterday, then some clearing after dark as…
-
Large skier triggered persistent slab on Schuylkill Ridge
Date of Observation: 01/25/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”][/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Schuylkill Ridge Aspect: North East Elevation: Near treeline Avalanches: Skier triggered a large slide that “ripped to the ground…released way above me”. Skier was able to get out of the way of moving debris due to good radio communication from partners watching…
-
Carnage in the NW mountains
Date of Observation: 01/25/2021 Name: Jack Caprio and Zach Guy Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Ruby/Dyke area, then Anthracites Aspect: North, North East, East, South East Elevation: 10,000-11,500 Avalanches: We remotely or sympathetically triggered 6 D1 to D1.5 persistent slab avalanches on east facing terrain near and below treeline. 1 remotely triggered D1 on an…
-
Gothic 7 a.m.
Date of Observation: 01/25/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Gothic Weather: Cloudy all day yesterday and overnight with steady very light snow during the Sunday morning – a cold weather, small crystal, dense snowfall but not much of it until a brief last afternoon period of heavier snow.…
-
A few signs of instability
Date of Observation: 01/24/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Slate River drainage Aspect: North East, East Elevation: 9,000 to 11,300′ Avalanches: We got a window of mediocre visibility of Peeler Peak and Scarp Ridge and didn’t see any noteworthy avalanches. Saw a pair of D1 storm snow avalanches…
-
Gothic 7am Weather Update
Date of Observation: 01/24/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Weather: Only light snow after sunset until early in the morning but decent snow Saturday afternoon so the 24 hour total is 3½” new with 0.27″ of water. Snowpack reached 37″ deep but now sits at 35″. Currently cloudy with no…
-
Welcome Back Winter
Date of Observation: 01/23/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Upper Slate River Aspect: North East, East Elevation: 9,600-10,600 Avalanches: Didn’t observe any avalanche activity in the Upper Slate River. Couple nice periods of light, but otherwise flat light and hard to see. Getting back to town there were a…
-
Not your grandma’s sluffing
Date of Observation: 01/23/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Snodgrass Aspect: North East Elevation: 9400′ – 11000′ Avalanches: D2 natural slab avalanche off of the East face of Gothic along with some smaller slides on Gothic. On Snodgrass, we noted 3 natural loose snow avalanches and intentionally triggered about…
-
Gothic Weather Update 7am
Date of Observation: 01/23/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Weather: Winter is here- i seemed to have forgotten how much more difficult it is to get around when it snows as it has been a while. —Light snow overnight picking up some after midnight with 7½” new and water a…
-
WEEKLY SNOWPACK/ WEATHER SUMMARY SUMMARY 1/22/21
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry Date: 1/22/2021 Name: Jared Berman This week’s action consisted of several small snow events accompanied by heavy winds. Here’s the weekly summary showcasing how this event impacted our snowpack.