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BC Zone Observation Report

Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Vail & Summit County

Details

Date: 2017/11/18

Observer: hunter mortensen
Organization: Public

Location

BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
Area Description: Above tree line, just off the ridge line.

Weather

Weather Description: Clear sky, calm wind, temperature in the low 20's, at treeline.

Snowpack

Snowpack Description: Unknown.

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: The best I can do from across the valley: D2, North East aspect, 11,800 feet elevation. The run out went well into the flats below the ridge.

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2017/11/17 ^†

Machine Gun Ridge

1

TL

NE

U

N

D2

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Slide is on the lookers left of the peak in the center of the photo. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/rgm6uy44zvylxtvt926la4010qdc?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=234af818736122399ee7765e86081982','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> This is as zoomed in as I could from my location, sorry for the low quality photo. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/yesecblcgo31hgqtrinmtja1drmj?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=8b159857c706e298b00d31249d2dac28','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)