Remote triggered avalanche East Beckwith
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: East Beckwith. Traveled on N to NE aspects to 11,500 ft. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Remotely triggered a slab avalanche that broke 2 feet deep on the sandbox layer from about 50 feet away. Documented a pile of natural avalanches that ran during the storm […]
Documenting a few more in the alpine from the natural cycle
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: Valley bottom obs near Mount Emmons along the border of NW and SE mountain zones. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Several large natural avalanches from around 2/23 – 2/24 in Wolverine Basin, Redwell, “The Shield”, and Red Ridge above East River Valley. Weather: Clear skies, light […]
Large triggered avalanche
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Anthracite Range Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Large slab avalanche reported to CBAC via social media. “Definitely surprised. Concave feature, never seen it slide before.” [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5415
Remote trigger on west. One old natural avalanche on south.
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Upper Slate and Upper East River. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Remotely triggered one large avalanche, below treeline on a west aspect. Crown estimated to be 45 to 50cm. 1 large natural avalanches from the last cycle on south aspects above treeline. Lots of other avalanche […]
Gothic Campground to Top of the World
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Border between SE and NW mountains. Route Description: Descended from Top of the World to Gothic Campground, ascended same route(Gothic Mt Tour course). Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Got good eyes on some terrain near the border of our NW and SE forecast zones. Saw several avalanches on West and […]
rumble…Rumble…RUMBLE….Toil & Trouble
Date of Observation: 02/26/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Skied SW-W BTL to NTL 10,000-12,000 Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: too many to count in the distance Weather: cold, clear, light to moderate W wind Snowpack: ~30 collapses Some dropped the slope a 1-2 inches under foot. Medium to Large collapses that in some cases […]
Ruby slide
Date of Observation: 02/25/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: From Irwin Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: significant slide off the SE face of Ruby [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5410
Climax Chutes
Date of Observation: 02/25/2022 Zone: Southeast Mountains Route Description: A look at natural avalanches on Climax Chutes. Several of these avalanches were reported in an observation on Wednesday. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Widespread mid-storm avalanche cycle in Climax Chutes. Per a previous observation, most of these likely ran early Wednesday morning. Thin cloud cover […]
Naturals visible from Elkton Knob near Schuylkill Peak
Date of Observation: 02/25/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Natural avalanches visible from Elkton Knob Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: A bit ol’ pile of natural avalanches from east and northeast slopes near Schuylkill Peak. Weather: Efficient wind-loading on upper elevation terrain. Snowpack: [[accordion id=”my-accordion”] [/accordion]] 5408
Upper Slate – West-facing terrain off Elkton Knob
Date of Observation: 02/25/2022 Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Snowmobile out Slate River to just past Pittsburg. Ascended west and southwest terrain to Elkton Knob. Descended the same terrain. Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: In this terrain, there were numerous natural avalanche midstorm (partially filled bed surfaces) on west-facing below treeline terrain, generally D1.5 with […]