Date of Observation: 03/13/2022
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Mt. CB and Friends Hut area
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: A handful of recent avalanches submitted to CBAC via social media and CAIC database, coded below.
Location: Mount Crested Butte
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: BTL: Below Tree Line
Aspect: E
Trigger: Unknown
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D1- Relatively harmless to people
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Additional comments:
Location: East Brush Creek (Star Pass, Friends Hut)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: S
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type:
Failure Plane:
Relative Size:
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
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Additional comments: Star Peak
Location: East Brush Creek (Star Pass, Friends Hut)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: E
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type:
Failure Plane:
Relative Size:
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
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Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: Carbonate Hill
