Date of Observation: 02/09/2022
Name: Benn Schmatz
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Skied Redock from the near the summit in Wolf’s Lair (West Facing) which was sunbaked crustyness and dropped out of that run into an open shot to skier’s right (WNW facing) and found the goods… and by goods I mean 10 inches of facets soooo.
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Ski triggered sloughs in facets at 11,000′ that ran the entire slope. No propagation, roughly 5 inches deep. By the time we reached the bottom we ended up cooking the whole slope
Weather: 4/8 cloud cover strong NW breeze at ridgetop. light flurries of snow here and there
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Number of Avalanches: sloughs triggered wherever a skier
Location
Location: Copper Creek
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: NW
Characteristics
Trigger: Skier
Trigger modifier: Controlled
Type: Loose
Failure Plane: Unknown
Size
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D1- Relatively harmless to people
Avg. crown height (inches): 5
Avg. width (feet): 30
Avg. vertical run (feet): 700
Involvements
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