Details

• Date: 2014/12/22

• Observer: Eli Helmuth
• Organization: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: Terrain Park, RMNP just southwest 1/4 mile from Nymph Lake. East end of east ridge of Hallet Peak.

Weather

• Weather Description: Snowing >2"/hr., obscured visibility. Temp. 30F, winds strong on ridges, moderate in this tree'd zone @10k, east aspect.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Average 1.5m snowpack in this zone, F-4F layering top to bottom. East aspect

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: On our AIARE L1 Course, we intentionally ski cut and released two R3 D1 soft slabs of 25cm depth on unsupported >35 degree terrain, releasing within the new snow or on facets above a MF crust on these E aspect slopes at approx. 10,000'.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2014/12/22  †	Rocky Mountain National Park	3	<TL	E	SS	AS / c	R3	D1
Date: 2014/12/22 (Estimated) Observer: Eli Helmuth Organization: Public Area Description: Near Hallett Pk Landmark: Rocky Mountain National Park Average Slope Angle: 35 ° Elevation: 10000 ft Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Average Crown: 10 in