Details

• Date: 2011/12/30

• Observer: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: Area near the nitro chutes, below main cliff band
• Route Description: After taking a run down the plunge and hearing about two boarders and a skier being caught in a slide by the cliff, I decided to take the roll again (taken earlier in the morning) to see how it happened and where it happened.

Weather

• Weather Description: Blue sky day with rapidly warming temps through the morning

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: wind packed up top and warming snow conditions through the morning.

Snowpack Obsvervation Cracking: Unknown Collapsing: Unknown

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2011/12/30	Berthoud Pass west side	1	<TL	NE	HS	AR / u	R2	D2
Date: 2011/12/30 Time: 11:00 AM (Estimated) Area Description: Area known as the nitro chutes, below the main cliff band Landmark: Berthoud Pass west side Average Slope Angle: 35 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 40 ° Elevation: 11450 ft Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow Weak Layer: Unknown Weak Layer Grain Type: Unknown Comments: Estimated

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