LOCATION: Crested Butte Area
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2015
NAME: patrick donahue
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2015
NAME: patrick donahue
SUBJECT: avalanche on snodgrass
ASPECT: North East, East
ELEVATION: 11,000
ASPECT: North East, East
ELEVATION: 11,000
AVALANCHES: set off one slide that slid on old rain crust for 15 feet and then stepped down to the ground. ran approximately 200+ yards (from top to bottom of california bowl on snodgrass. crown was approximately 2 1/2 feet. bed surface was basel facets. no one was caught. propagated roughly 15-25 feet R1 D1+
WEATHER: partly cloudy around 32 degree F
SNOWPACK:
UPLOADS: