Details

• Date: 2013/02/27

• Observer: Hans Flinch

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: Y Chute on Hidden Knoll

Weather

• Weather Description: Weather was light wind out NW, cold. Light Loading

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2013/02/27  †	Berthoud Pass west side	1		NE	SS	AS / c	R2	D2
Date: 2013/02/27 (Estimated) Observer: Hans Flinch Area Description: Y Chute on Hidden Knoll in Berthoud Pass Landmark: Berthoud Pass west side Sliding Surface: S - Within Storm Snow Weak Layer: Unknown Average Crown: 12 in Maximum Crown: 12 in Average Width: 10 ft Maximum Width: 20 ft Average Vertical: 500 ft Maximum Vertical: 500 ft Comments: We intentionally triggered an avalanche on the Y Chute off of Hidden Knoll. The avalanche started at the top of the path after a skier gave a hard, intentional, ski cut to a 'plump' looking pillow at the top of the path. The slide ran out the bottom of the chute. However the slide stayed in the storm snow layer and did not step down into the lower layers. We chose a different slope to ski.