CB Avalanche CenterCBAC Observations
Date of Observation: 01/02/2022
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Rustler’s Gulch area (Mt. Bellview, etc)
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Filling in the database with a few more from the 12/31 cycle.
Location: Schofield Pass/Rustler Gulch
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: N
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Hard Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: On the north side of the west ridgeline of Peak 13043
Location: Schofield Pass/Rustler Gulch
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: E
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Hard Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R2 small
Destructive Size: D2.5
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: Rustler’s Gulch vicinity
Location: Schofield Pass/Rustler Gulch
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: E
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Hard Slab
Failure Plane: Old snow
Relative Size: R3 medium
Destructive Size: D3 – could destroy a car, wood-frame house, or snap trees
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: Bellview
Location: Schofield Pass/Rustler Gulch
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: ATL: Above Tree Line
Aspect: SW
Trigger: Natural
Trigger modifier:
Type: Unknown
Failure Plane: Within storm snow
Relative Size: R1 very small
Destructive Size: D2 – could bury, injure, or kill a person
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments: Rustler’s Gulch
Location:
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation:
Aspect:
Trigger:
Trigger modifier:
Type:
Failure Plane:
Relative Size:
Destructive Size:
Avg. crown height (inches):
Avg. width (feet):
Avg. vertical run (feet):
# of people caught:
# of partial burials:
# of full burials:
Additional comments:
