Details

• Date: 2016/01/21

• Observer: Nathan Rowland
• Organization: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Aspen
• Area Description: South Highlands Bowl - Not far from the Summit of Highland Peak beyond the ski resort boundary line.

Weather

• Weather Description: Clear, calm, 8 Degrees F across the valley at 9,500ft

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: South Highlands Bowl - R2, D3 - ESE at crown - 12,200' Chunk of cornice missing at crown. There are what may be other sympathetic slides at various points along the path. Debris visible down to 9,400' before I lose sight of it. Fair chance it made Conundrum Creek for a full 3,400' run. South Highlands Bowl - R2, D2 - SSE at crown - 12,000' Crown is visible in the lower right foreground of photo. Debris joins that of other South Highlands Bowl slide. Five Fingers - Thumb - R1, D2 - E at Crown - 11,800' Started well below the ridge and ran to roughly 10,700'. This is appears to have slid during yesterday's storm, while the other two appear to have slid after.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2016/01/21  †	Conundrum Creek	1	>TL	E	SS	N	R1	D2
Date: 2016/01/21 (Estimated) Observer: Nathan Rowland Organization: Public Area Description: Five Fingers - Thumb. Landmark: Conundrum Creek Elevation: 11800 ft Average Vertical: 1000 ft Comments: Started well below the ridge and ran to roughly 10,700'. This is appears to have slid during yesterday's storm, while the other two appear to have slid after.
	2016/01/21  †	Conundrum Creek	1	>TL	E	SS	N	R2	D2.5
Date: 2016/01/21 (Estimated) Observer: Nathan Rowland Organization: Public Area Description: South Highland Bowl Landmark: Conundrum Creek Elevation: 12250 ft Average Crown: 25 cm Maximum Crown: 50 cm Average Vertical: 3000 ft Comments: Wind slab that broke at saddle, possibly started by cornice fall. Debris ran down and split around center rib. Stepped down to deeper layer in right/ s gully. Crown there ~ 2 feet deep. Couldn't see full width of path of extent of run from top of Highland Peak.

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