Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Checked out the Natural activity from over the weekend on the front range. I was surprised that slides were not limited to the Northerly aspects that had faceted snow from before the storm. The pictures below are:
1- West face of Cougar ridge. The slide started around 9000 feet on the Straight West facing slope on Cougar Ridge.
2- North fork of Cherry Creek. Multiple slides on South facing slopes starting around 8800 feet in elevation
3- Upper Smithfield Canyon. Multiple slides on the West Face of the 7 sisters ridge.
I also noticed a significant amount of snow transport happening on the Wellsville range this afternoon. Winds from the west were blowing large plumes of snow over the ridges.