Date of Observation: 03/28/2022
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Viewed from Mt. CB
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Spotted a handful of D1.5 to D2 wet loose avalanches on W and NW aspects near and below treeline that ran sometime after I glassed the slopes at 4 p.m. yesterday
Weather: Few clouds, light winds, warm.
Snowpack: Boot penetration was to the ground through wet snow at noon.
Location: Middle Brush Creek (Pearl Pass Road, Cumberland Basin, Twin Lakes)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: NW
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Wet Loose
Failure Plane:
Relative Size: R1 very small
Destructive Size: D1.5
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Additional comments: Near Pearl Mtn
Location: Middle Brush Creek (Pearl Pass Road, Cumberland Basin, Twin Lakes)
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: W
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Wet Loose
Failure Plane:
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
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Additional comments: Near Pearl Mtn.
Location: West Brush Creek
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: W
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Wet Loose
Failure Plane:
Relative Size:
Destructive Size: D1.5
Avg. crown height (inches):
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# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Teocalli Mtn. Couldn’t see runout, size is best guess, could be a D2.
Location: Schofield Pass/Rustler Gulch
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: W
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Wet Loose
Failure Plane:
Relative Size: R1 very small
Destructive Size: D1.5
Avg. crown height (inches):
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# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Near west maroon pass.
Location: Other: Add text
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: BTL: Below Tree Line
Aspect: W
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Wet Loose
Failure Plane:
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D1.5
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
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Additional comments: Perry Creek. Couldn’t see start zone, just brown debris. Looked like a wet loose though.
