Details

• Date: 2014/01/17

• Observer: Becs Hodgetts
• Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

• BC Zone: Vail & Summit County

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2014/01/18  †	Loveland Pass-Southside	1	>TL	W	HS	AS / u	R1	D1.5
Date: 2014/01/18 (Estimated) Observer: Becs Hodgetts Organization: Forecaster, CAIC Area Description: Ironing board back of Grizzly peak. Landmark: Loveland Pass-Southside Average Slope Angle: 32 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 35 ° Elevation: 12035 ft Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Weak Layer: Interface Average Crown: 12 in Maximum Crown: 24 in Average Width: 100 ft Maximum Width: 300 ft Average Vertical: 400 ft Maximum Vertical: 500 ft Comments: Debris ran into gully feature, where burial would be much deeper than a 1.5. Making this relatively small avalanche much more dangerous. Slide was triggered on center of photo and propagated to other flanks.

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