Avalanche

Elk creek

Jack CaprioGunnison
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Quick report

Cracking
widespread
Collapsing
widespread

Widespread cracking and collapsing. Loud and unstable snowpack. Traveled on NE and E below treeline.

Avalanche

Size
D1
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
NE
Elevation
10100 ft

The first two smaller paths in elk creek we came across either avalanched naturally or we remotely triggered them before we got to them. We got to these paths around 1:30/2 pm. Soft slabs were ~18” thick failing in the old weak snow below.