Avalanche

Mt. Bellview

Zach GuyGunnison
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

Weather

Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
light
Recent Snowfall
50
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Partly to mostly cloudy skies, a few flurries. Moderate winds with light transport in exposed areas.

Snowpack

15″ to 20″ of relatively dense storm snow with localized drifts up to 3 ft. The snow fell on grassy slopes where we traveled and we saw no signs of instability in steep terrain apart from some localized cracking up to 12″ deep in stiffer drifts near ridgeline.
Dug a quick pit on the north side of Bellview and was pleasantly surprised to see non-propagating results on the 10/28 interface, which is F+, 1 mm facets, below a 4F- slab.

Avalanche

Size
D1 R1
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
NE
Trigger
N
Elevation
12200 ft

A handful of small natural avalanches from the storm. Shallow sluffs on all aspects and a few narrow soft slabs on NE aspects of Baldy.