Date of Observation: 01/01/2023
Name: Eric Murrow
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Pavement views.
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: A brief view (too short a window to get photos or code individual avalanches) of numerous natural avalanches on the down valley end of Whestone. Northeast, east, and southeast aspects near and above treeline. The ground was showing in some of the bed surfaces and some appeared to propagate widely like in Lucky Boy Basin. Large natural avalanche observed above Long Lake at the Washington Gulch TH.
Weather: Consistent light snow after 1030am.
Snowpack:
Photos:
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Number of Avalanches: 1
Location
Location: Washington Gulch (Elkton, Coneys, Meridian Lake)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: BTL: Below Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Characteristics
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Soft Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Size
Relative Size: R1 very 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: estimated failure on 1/1 AM but could have been late 12/31.
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