Details

• Date: 2013/01/03

• Observer: Josh Hirshberg

Location

• BC Zone: Gunnison
• Area Description: SW-N-NE below TL
• Route Description: Toured from Washington Gulch onto NE slopes of Snodgrass, then back to the W/SW facing slopes.

Weather

• Weather Description: Clear skies, mostly calm winds, cool temperatures. Saw a few plumes off the tops of peaks in the AM.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Surface ranged from surface hoar in the valley, to near surface facets on shaded slopes to very thin crusts on steeper SW slopes. Cool temps kept crusts at bay. Skiing was supportive and fast with an average ski pen of 20cm. Touring through one of the shallower parts of the region found a range of HS from 50-80cm. Sheltered N-NE slopes are still punchy in places. Here it seems that the lower slabs are beginning to facet and get slightly softer. On SW slopes of 55cm found thin “Christmas crust” (actually from 12/21-22) about 25cm below the surface. This, as well as a thin surface crust, only appeared on slopes >30°.

Snowpack Obsvervation Cracking: None Collapsing: None

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2013/01/03  †		1	>TL	SW	L	N	R1	D1
Date: 2013/01/03 (Estimated) Observer: Josh Hirshberg Area Description: Triangle Pass
	2013/01/03  †	Gothic	1	TL	SW	L	N	R1	D1
Date: 2013/01/03 (Estimated) Observer: Josh Hirshberg Landmark: Gothic Comments: released near steep rocks.
	2013/01/03  †	Schofield Pass	4	>TL	S	L	N	R1	D1.5
Date: 2013/01/03 (Estimated) Observer: Josh Hirshberg Area Description: Mt Bellview and Rustlers Gulch Landmark: Schofield Pass Elevation: 12300 ft Comments: SE-SW. Mostly D1 w/ one closer to D2 sized. On Bellview-released from steep rocks on S, running over a bench onto SE. ran over 1500ft.

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