Hiding from the Wind

CB Avalanche Center2020-21 Observations

Zone: Southeast Mountains

Location: Washington Gulch

Date of Observation: 11/14/2020

Name: Cam S

 

Subject: Hiding from the Wind

Aspect: North East

Elevation: Below Treeline

Avalanches:

None observed

Weather: Winds were howling down the valley but nice and calm in the trees. Snowfall stopped by morning but the winds kept up all day long. This is probably news to no one…

Snowpack: Consistently about 50cm HS on low elevation densely treed slopes. As far as I could tell the snow on the ground was all from the previous 7 days. No signs of instability observed.