Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 02/11/2018
Name: Jeff Banks
Subject: Scarps Ridge
Aspect: North, East, South, West
Elevation: 9,400-12,400
Avalanches:
Too numerable to count. Most of Scarps ridge is littered with mid-storm releases where a crown was not usually visible. Most of these appeared to be ~D1.5 to small D2 in very steep, cliffy terrain.
However observed a few notable slabs:
-North side of Barkmarker zone 2 X D2 that slid within the basal facets post storm @ 12K, N aspect.
-Adjacent to these slides another D2 from mid storm
-SE in Elk basin slid D2, possible slab
Weather: Cold -20C clear light winds
Snowpack: Super variable. only a few moderate sized collapses along ridge lines where the snow was shallow ~50cm with a WS above facets.
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- 2 slabs that pulled out post storm, U shaped pattern on upper slab
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- Evans basin, double crown step down
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- SE Aspect on Elk basin, appeared to be a slab, but the top had drifted in . Observed 2/11
