Human triggered slide

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/20/2019
Name: Tim speca

Subject: Human triggered slide
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Loose second hand photos and information. A friend was connecting from the trappers way subdivision towards the lower loop system on the bottom of mt emmons and triggered this slide

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Compilation of Mt. CB Avalanche Observations

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/2019
Name: CB Avalanche Center

Subject: Compilation of Mt. CB Avalanche Observations sent in from public observers
Aspect: North East, East, South East
Elevation: 9500

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several avalanches off Sunlight Ridge, adjacent to last week’s large avalanche running through avalanche fencing.

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Close Call in Ruby Range

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Kebler Pass Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/2019
Name: Eleven Cat Ski Guides

Subject: Close Call in Ruby Range
Aspect: South East
Elevation: 11,000ft

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“Matt and I responded to another snowmobile triggered avalanche in the Ruby Range. We made contact with the group and everyone was accounted for. One snowmobile was close to fully burried. Three separate D2’s from the incident. 1-3′ deep, total of 800′ wide SE at 11,000′. Photo to follow.

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Brush Creek Avalanches

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Brush Creek Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/201

Name: Frank

Subject: Brush Creek Avalanches
Aspect: North East, East
Elevation: 9000

Avalanches:

Several avalanche D0.5-1, NE and E aspect.

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Mt. Emmons Red Lady Glades

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/2019
Name: ADB

Subject: Mt. Emmons Red Lady Glades
Aspect: South East, South
Elevation: BTL/NTL/ATL

Avalanches:

Scarp Ridge: SE/E aspect-during the past snow storm, SS-N-R2-D2.

Weather: BTL: Warm temperatures and mostly calm.
ATL/NTL: Cold temperatures with moderate winds blowing snow . Some snow transport into SE aspects of Red lady Bowl. Snow was being blown in different directions. Other surrounding peaks such as Axtell and Whetstone had snow being blown from ridges.
Sky: Few to Scattered clouds.

Snowpack: skin track is well established and remained on the track. no cracking; whumping; or collapsing.
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Snodgrass/Gothic Road

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/2019
Name: Obs from Gothic road

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Aspect: North East, East, West, North West
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Surprisingly little natural activity on NE aspects of snodgrass. Just 1 small slide on the middle pitch on 3rd bowl. A small slide propagated about 1000’ underneath gothic road about a mile from the gothic trailhead. Some larger natural activity on the other side of the valley on Red Rock and WSC.

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Naturals all over. + still occurring?

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/19/2019
Name: Cam

Subject: Naturals all over. + still occurring?
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Natural Avalanches in Redwell in steep N facing terrain, and fairly certain one slid on a NE aspect in the morning of the 19th between 8 and 10 a.m. All d1 to 1.5 appearing to fail in storm snow. Also several slides of a similar size on E and SE further down the basin. Large avalanche over on the Ruby/Owen saddle.

Weather: Clear and relatively calm up high. Winds felt 15-20 mph at most, leading to some transport. It looked like winds were howling on a few nearby peaks.

Snowpack: No signs of instability noticed while skiing some nice low angle pow

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Washington Gulch

CB Avalanche Center2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/18/2019
Name: Alfred P.

Subject: Washington Gulch
Aspect: East
Elevation: 9400

Avalanches:

Avalanche 01/18/2019; Washington Gulch, Pristine Point; naturally triggered

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