Date of Observation: 01/02/2022
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Gothic Mountain
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Adding a few previously undocumented D3 to D4 sized avalanches from the 12/31 cycle or earlier. North to east aspects of Gothic.
Location: Gothic Mountain
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: N
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Hard Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R4 large
Destructive Size: D4 – could destroy a railcar, large truck, buildings, or swaths of forest
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Additional comments: North Cirque on Gothic. billy barr heard it ran 12/31. Debris buried Judd Falls Outhouse.
Location: Gothic Mountain
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Hard Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R3 medium
Destructive Size: D3.5
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Additional comments: NE facing features on the east face. The crown doesn’t appear to be connected to the main east face slide (documented previously), so I’m guessing these are separate events.
Location: Gothic Mountain
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: NE
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Unknown
Failure Plane: Unknown
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Destructive Size: D3 – could destroy a car, wood-frame house, or snap trees
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Additional comments: NE facing feature near the north peak. Faint crown visible, likely ran earlier in storm. Size estimated based on entrainment potential.
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