Details

• Date: 2013/12/21

• Observer: Eric D'Orvilliers

Location

• BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
• Area Description: SE facing aspect just past the saddle from the hike up to the ridge from the S side of Loveland pass.

Weather

• Ridgeline Wind Speed: Calm
• Ridgeline Wind Direction: W
• Wind Loading: None
• Temperature: 15 F
• Sky Cover: Scattered
• Weather Description: Surprisingly calm winds at the ridge in the S side of Loveland pass. Clouds overhead with clear skies to the east and relatively socked in to the north and west

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Breakable crust and hardback above treeline with only light snow overnight and little wind. Pockets of loading but nothing major. At and below treeline pretty soft. No additional snowpack evaluations done.

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2013/12/21  †	Loveland Pass-Southside	1	>TL	SE	HS	U	R2	D2
Date: 2013/12/21 (Estimated) Observer: Eric D'Orvilliers Area Description: See photo. SE aspect at 12,200'. Skin up from Loveland pass to ridge on south side. Avy was just on the other side of the first drainage. Landmark: Loveland Pass-Southside Elevation: 12200 ft Weak Layer Grain Type: Unknown Average Crown: 24 in Maximum Crown: 48 in Average Width: 200 ft Average Vertical: 300 ft Comments: Just observed from the ridge. Looked like hard slab, natural slide relatively fresh at 7am (the crown was pretty sharp). Varied crown height between 1-3' and varied up and down across start zone. Unknown angle but estimated mid 30's leading into gully feature.

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