CAIC

Details

Date: 2016/02/06

Observer: blase reardon
Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

BC Zone: Aspen

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

2016/02/04 ^†

Castle Creek

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2016/02/04 ^†

Castle Creek

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2016/02/06 ^†

Castle Creek

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2016/02/02 ^†

Castle Creek

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2016/02/04 ^†

Castle Creek

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Media

Images

Figure 1: The crown of a natural avalanche on a low-elevation, easterly slope in Castle Creek. It likely ran 2/4.

Figure 2: The crown and debris from a natural avalanche on a westerly slope just downstream of Ophir Gulch. It likely ran 2/4. Not the kind of slide you'd want to catch you.

Figure 3: A closer view of the crown and starting zone of a natural avalanche on a west-facing, low-elevation slope near the mouth of Ophir Gulch. 2/5/16.

Figure 4: The very definition of a terrain trap. Crown and debris from a natural avalanche in Castle Creek. Image 2/5/16.