Avalanche

Pittsburg rollers

Alan BernholtzGunnison
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Quick report

We found 12-14” new. We experienced heavy moist snow and wet snow below 10,000 feet.

Avalanche

Size
D1 R3
Type
SS
Aspect
NE
Trigger
AS
Elevation
10000 ft

Pittsburg Roller skiers left in an undisturbed area. ASU-SS-O-R3/D1 10,000 ft 40cm deep 40 feet wide and ran 50 feet down. Slope angle was upper 30’s estimated. It released at the old snow new interface (on top of the last 7” storm) We saw no other signs of instability.