CAIC: Colorado Avalanche Information Center BC Zone Observation Report

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Aspen

Details

Location

Snowpack

Avalanches

  Date Location/Path # Elev Asp Type Trig SizeR SizeD
View  2017/03/01  †  Willow Creek   1   >TL   E   SS   N   R3   D2 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   2   TL   NW   SS   N   R1   D1.5 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   1   >TL   N   SS   N   R2   D2.5 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   1   >TL   N   SS   N   R2   D2 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   1   TL   N   SS   N   R2   D2.5 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   3   >TL   NE   SS   N   R2   D2 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   1   >TL   N   SS   N   R2   D2 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   3   TL   W   SS   N   R1   D1.5 
View  2017/03/01  †  Maroon Creek   1   >TL   N   SS   N   R2   D2 

Media

Images

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Figure 1: Crowns from natural avalanches on Sievers Mountain, Maroon Creek. 3-1-17. Note that some of the crowns connect across terrain features.
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Figure 2: The crown of a large natural avalanche in Maroon Bowl. 3-1-17.
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Figure 3: Part of the crown of a large natural avalanche, Big Mama. 3-1-17.
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Figure 4: The crowns from two natural avalanches on northwesterly, near-treeline slopes in Maroon Bowl. 3-1-17.
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Figure 5: The crowns of large natural avalanches on the ridge between Willow and West Willow creeks, 3-1-17. Note that the adjacent sunnier bowl did not avalanche.
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Figure 6: A wide crown that connects across terrain features on a north-facing slope in Tonar Bowl. 3-1-17.
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Figure 7: A natural avalanche on a north-facing slope in Tonar Bowl, Maroon Creek. 3-1-17. Note the dunes and other wind deposits.
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Figure 8: Crowns from several small natural avalanches on a steep, sparsely treed, west-facing slope in Tonar Bowl, Maroon Creek. 3-1-17.
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Figure 9: Crowns from natural avalanches on very steep, east-northeast facing slopes in Maroon Bowl. 3-1-17.