Name: Chris
Title: Slab
Location: Paradise Divide Area
Date of Observation: 12/07/2014
Aspect: North East
Elevation: 11700

Avalanches: Small slide shaded NE steep rocky terrain slid to the ground on baldy peak on shallow rocky terrain. Appears to be several days old because debris was wind scoured. Bigger slide identical aspect two ridges to the East that appeared old as well

Weather: High Pressure warm

Snowpack: No signs of instability

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Name: Alan Bernholtz
Title: Observation
Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 12/07/2014
Aspect: East
Elevation: 11,000

Avalanches: None observed

Weather: Partly cloudy. Low cloud hung on the area all morning. Calm and mild temps.

Snowpack: Shallow variable snowpack Most places were only about 24-30″ deep but was consolidated and well bonded. The layers seem to be bonding very well and the weak layer on the ground seemed to be gaining strength.

Name: Irwin
Title: December 7, 2014
Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 12/07/2014
Aspect: West
Elevation: 11,700-10,700

Snowpack: No signs of instability. Variable in depth and structure but mostly weak. Shallow (up high 30 cm) moist where it is sun exposed, dry and weak where it is shaded. Mid Slope: 30 to 70cm within 20 feet. From fist to some 4F+ mid pack. Facets on the ground are still small 1-2mm and moist. Reactive where dry facets sit on top of moist DH. CT 21 & 11 SC on 2mm rounding DH. PST 40/100 End. ECTP 24 SC.

Name: Zach Guy
Title: Shaded aspects getting weaker
Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 12/06/2014
Aspect: North, South
Elevation: 12,000 – 9,000 ft

Avalanches: Only minor sluffing on steep terrain, but we are heading towards facet sluffs pretty soon.

Snowpack: Toured up Red Lady skin track into Redwell Basin. On South aspects Near & Below Treeline, the snowpack is almost entirely facets with a couple melt-freeze crust layers near the surface of varying thickness depending on slope angle.

On North aspects: Above treeline was variable depth and density. The surface was grabby wind crusts, with faceted snow below and/or above. Near and below treeline is all faceting, in the 4F range, 1-1.5 mm in size. Snowdepth around 30-50 cm. Trapdoor skiing below 11,000 feet, with ski pen frequently to the ground.

A few patches of surface hoar, mostly in low elevation creek drainages or sheltered southerly aspects near treeline. See photo.

Surface hoar on Red Lady, near treeline.

Name: Zach Guy
Title: Irwin 12/3/14
Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 12/03/2014
Aspect: West
Elevation: Near treeline

Avalanches: 8 airblasts, 2 handshots on several previously untouched West facing paths N/ATL produced no significant results. One soft slab 5” deep, 20 ft wide, running on the Nov 22 facet layer in OL. SS-AB-R1-D1-O

Weather: Brief periods of S-1. Trace accumulation.

Snowpack: On west facing aspects near treeline: Snowdepths 70-120 cm deep. Mostly faceting midpack across slopes, some isolated slabbier feeling areas particularly behind tree fences. Nov 22 facet layer is 6-12” deep, appeared to be more preserved behind shading trees. Varying CT results, No ECT results on this layer. Nov 2 depth hoar layer is moist, rounding. No results on this layer. Several layers of melt-freeze crust and rime crust near the surface, with some rounding facets in between.