Date of Observation: 11/30/2022
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Viewed from Mt. CB
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Numerous D1.5- D2 soft slab avalanches on the eastern half of the compass that ran yesterday N/ATL. See photos and avy details below. Evidence of moving snow on numerous other N/BTL shaded slopes, just hard to classify because they ran earlier in the storm and crowns are filled in.
Photos:
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Scarp Ridge
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Scarp Ridge (Peeler Basin)
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Anthracites
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Peeler Peak
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Augusta (background) and Coneys (foreground)
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Schuylkill Peak
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Mt. Axtell
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Looks like snow was moving on Schuykill Ridge early in the storm, any crowns are obscured now.
Estimated avalanche date: 11/29/2022
Number of Avalanches: 2
Location
Location: Oh-Be-Joyful Basin
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Characteristics
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
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Involvements
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Additional comments: Peeler Peak
Estimated avalanche date: 11/29/2022
Number of Avalanches: 4
Location
Location: Peeler Basin
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Characteristics
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
Involvements
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# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Scarp Ridge
Estimated avalanche date: 11/29/2022
Number of Avalanches: 2
Location
Location: Peeler Basin
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: E
Characteristics
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
Involvements
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# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Scarp Ridge
Estimated avalanche date: 11/29/2022
Number of Avalanches: 2
Location
Location: Poverty Gulch (Pittsburg, Augusta, Baxter Basin)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: SE
Characteristics
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
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Avg. vertical run (feet):
Involvements
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# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Augusta
Estimated avalanche date: 11/29/2022
Number of Avalanches: 1
Location
Location: Mount Axtell
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Characteristics
Trigger:
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
Involvements
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: 4th Bowl
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