Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 03/28/2016
Name: Zach Guy
Date of Observation: 03/28/2016
Name: Zach Guy
Subject: Climax slide photos
Aspect: North East
Elevation: 10,850 ft
Aspect: North East
Elevation: 10,850 ft
Avalanches: Photos of Climax Chutes near miss below. The crown is on an ENE aspect wrapping to NE at roughly 10,850 ft. You could clearly see a dust layer on the bedsurface of a large soft slab, roughly 2 feet deep. (Probably failed on the March 6 crust/facet layer), and the slide stepped down to the ground further down slope, which wasn’t a whole lot deeper on this path, due to numerous slides already this season. From my limited vantage point, I’d rate the slide: SS-ASu-R3-D2.5-O/G
Weather:
Snowpack:
3/28. Skier triggered persistent slab in Climax Chutes. NE aspect NTL
Debris washed over cliff bands near the runout
3/28. Near miss in Climax Chutes