Forecaster and user submitted snow and avalanche photos from across the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s forecast area in Elk Mountains of Central Colorado.
11/25 Alternate view (photo: Kitt Haven)
Snodgrass north aspect (Photo: Brian Goldstein)
Paradise Divide area southeast aspect
Cornicing and pillowy wind slab deposit, on a NE Slope at 11,300ft
2/9/15 Surface hoar on the bedsurface of a skier triggered slide
Skier triggered persistent slab avalanches on surface hoar – 2/9/15
Anthracite Range E aspect ATL wide propagation, 600 feet? Observed 2-5-15
Skier triggered windslab on E aspect 100 yards wide and up to 3′ deep – 2/1/2015
Debris from small D1.5 wind slab that failed on a cross loaded eastern aspact in the last several days.
Snodgrass Plot 20150123
Natural Slab Avalanche off of Scarp Ridge
Natural Slab Avalanche off of Scarp Ridge
Several small slabs East & Northeast terrain
Natural Slab Avalanche off of Scarp Ridge
Natural slab avalanche off of Scarp Ridge
Natural slab avalanche off of Scarp Ridge
Observed 1/19/15. Skier triggered persistent slab near Gothic.
Observed 1/18/15. Small windslabs above treeline triggered by snowmobiles
Observed 1/16/15. Large slab avalanche in NW bowl of Mt. Baldy. Likely ran on Jan 11th persistent weak layer.
