Author: CBAC
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Snodgrass Accident Report
The accident investigation from the Snodgrass avalanche incident on December 15, 2020 is available here. We do our best to describe avalanche accidents to help the people involved and the community as a whole better understand them with the hope that it will help people avoid future avalanche accidents. Thanks to everyone who responded to…
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Large Remotely Triggered Avalanche
Date of Observation: 12/23/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: E-Murrow, Z-Kinler, Da-Bum, E-Ross[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Purple Ridge Aspect: North, North East, East, South East, South Elevation: 9,500-11,300 Avalanches: Remotely triggered a large Persistent Slab Avalanche. NE Aspect, 10,450ft. This avalanche failed on, or very near, an up route that is typically used to…
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Gothic 7am Weather Update
Date of Observation: 12/23/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: billy barr[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Weather: Snow started late afternoon though was never more than very light. Mostly blowing snow that let up by midnight with 1½” new and water 0.13″. Wind gusts passed 40 mph at the station site and most certainly stronger up valley, though…
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Fatal Accident Report from Anthracites
The accident investigation from the avalanche fatality that occurred in the Anthracites on December 18th is available here. We do our best to describe avalanche accidents to help the people involved and the community as a whole better understand them with the hope that it will help people avoid future avalanche accidents. Our condolences go…
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Snowpack continues to speak
Date of Observation: 12/21/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Eric Murrow[/gravityforms] Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Sunnier side of Baldy Aspect: East, South East, South, South West, West Elevation: 9,500′ – 11,800′ Avalanches: While heading out Slate River Road noticed two unreported avalanches on the far end of Schuylkill Ridge and the sub-peak of…
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Red Lady Crown
Date of Observation: 12/21/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Zone: Southeast Mountains Location: Red Lady Bowl Aspect: East, South East Elevation: 12,200 Avalanches: Looked at the crown of a remotely triggered slab in Red Lady from earlier today (SS-ASr-R1-D1.5-O) on an east-southeast aspect ATL. The slab was 40 cm thick and…
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Large Naturals from the Ruby Range
Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Ruby Range Date of Observation: 12/20/2020 Name: Zach Kinler Aspect: East Elevation: Above Tree Line Avalanches: This picture from Baxter Basin was passed on to the CBAC sfaff. 2 large persistent slab avalanches on East aspects of Richmond Mt. Both of these initiated from ridgeline and quickly stepped down to weak…
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Wind slabs
Zone: Northwest Mountains Date of Observation: 12/20/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Subject: Wind slabs Aspect: South East, South Elevation: N/ATL Avalanches: Spotted a few more recent persistent slab avalanches fitting the usual pattern. Weather: Moderate ridgetop winds. High clouds thinned through the day. Snowpack: Rec skiing on southerly aspects to take a…
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Kebler
Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Kebler Pass Road and Anthracites Date of Observation: 12/19/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Zach Guy[/gravityforms] Subject: Kebler Aspect: North East Elevation: BTL Avalanches: A few more freshies to add to the list: Gibson Ridge (D1.5) and Kebler Pass Road (D1), both below treeline. Weather: Moderate northwest winds through the…
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More action
Zone: Northwest Mountains Location: Irwin Tenure Date of Observation: 12/19/2020 [gravityforms action=”conditional” merge_tag=”” condition=”isnot” value=”Yes”]Name: Irwin Guides[/gravityforms] Subject: More action Aspect: West Elevation: N/BTL Avalanches: Worked primarily in the West today near and BTL. Paths still running full track with a whiff of a trigger. Ski pressure is more effective than explosives. Many rocks…