Author: CBAC
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Few more shooting cracks in Washington Gulch
Date of Observation: 01/06/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Gothic Mountain Aspect: West, North West Elevation: 10,500ft to 11,200ft Weather: Northwesterly winds moving snow at upper elevations, otherwise calm conditions where we traveled. Few clouds. Snowpack: Traveled on west to northwest facing slopes below treeline. With some…
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Snodgrass study plot 1/4
Date of Observation: 01/04/2021 Name: Jack Caprio Zone: Southeast Mountains Aspect: North East Elevation: 10,000 Snowpack: As of 1/4/21, the HS at the study plot (NE, 10,000) is 71 cm. 13 cm of F to 4F snow sits at the top of the snowpack. This layer represents the newer storm snow that fell over the…
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Snodgrass lap
Date of Observation: 01/05/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow Evan Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Snodgrass north side Aspect: North, North East, East Elevation: 9,400′ – 11,100′ Avalanches: Intentionally triggered a couple small loose avalanches on very steep features below ridgetop, just below 11,000′. Weather: Mostly cloudy skies with snowfall rates between s-1…
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Collapsing with diminishing propagation
Date of Observation: 01/04/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: East Beckwith Aspect: North, North East Elevation: 9,600 – 11,500′ Avalanches: Nothing fresh, some D2 slab activity from last cycle. Weather: Few clouds, light winds. Snowpack: Less than an inch of new snow overnight preserved large grained surface…
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Valley bottom, Slate Rive Valley in the inversion zone
Date of Observation: 01/04/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Below Climax Chutes Aspect: North, North East, East Elevation: 8,900′ – 9,300′ Avalanches: Nothing new to report Weather: Mostly clear skies, reasonable air temps, but guessing a fair bit cooler than areas above the inversion. Snowpack: Very short…
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Ruby Range
Date of Observation: 01/02/2021 Name: Evan Ross Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Ruby Range Aspect: South East, South Elevation: 10,700-12,600 Weather: Low clouds in the morning obscured the range, as those moved out a high cloud shield moved over for the mid day, with clearing in the afternoon. Increased winds were the main weather factor. Moderate…
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Unintentional triggered persistent slab
Date of Observation: 01/01/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”][/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Aspect: West Elevation: BTL Avalanches: See photos. [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_2330.jpg, https://dev.cbavalanchecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_2329.jpg” condition=”isnot” value=””] Photos: [/gravityforms]
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Upper Cement
Date of Observation: 01/01/2021 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow, Zach Kinler, Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Upper Cement Creek Aspect: North East, East, West Elevation: Near and below treeline to 11,800′ Avalanches: This area got about 6″ of snow from Monday night’s storm and we saw limited evidence of natural…
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Slate River
Date of Observation: 01/01/2021 Name: Evan Ross Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Slate River Aspect: North East Elevation: 9,000-11,400ft Weather: The clouds came and then went again. Calm winds. Nothing notable. Snowpack: The snowpack in this area is really variable given all the past avalanche activity it has seen throughout December. So it’s hard to make a…
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Weekly Summary 1/1/2021
Zone: Crested Butte Backcountry Date: 1/1/2021 Name: Jack Caprio/ Ian Havlick Happy New Year! Unfortunately, our snowpack didn’t stay in 2020. Check out the weekly recap to see how the recent storms shook things up.