Avalanche

CBMR and Peanut Lake area

Zach GuyGunnison
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated
Collapsing
specific

Wind transport increased today, and I spotted a handful of large to very large persistent slabs that ran in the past few days, likely during the elevated winds in the past 18 hours.  The snowpack was eerily quiet at low elevations near town until aggressive stomps produced rumbling collapses.  Scary times.  

Quiet underfoot while skinning and skiing until we went hunting for collapses with ski stabs and stomps. We produced five rumbling collapses on open, low-angle E to NE facing slopes. Slab is about 55 cm thick, and hard (1F) at the bottom.

Weather

Air Temp
Mild
Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
moderate
Recent Snowfall
0

Clouds increased midday. Light to moderate flagging off alpine peaks from westerly winds.

Avalanche

Size
D2.5
Type
HS
Count
4
Aspect
SE
Trigger
N
Elevation
12000 ft

A handful of D2.5 to D3 avalanches ran from alpine start zones since Eric and I bino'd this terrain on Saturday: Axtell 6th Bowl, Peeler Peak, and Scarp Ridge x 2 (coded in Irwin's ob). I suspect they ran last night or today from windloading, though they could have run earlier from cornice falls or warming-related failures.