CAIC

Details

Date: 2017/12/28

Observer: Public

CAIC Comments

Details on Trelease avalanche:http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/obs/obs_report.php?obs_id=48430
and Sheep Creek: http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/obs/obs_report.php?obs_id=48532

Location

BC Zone: Front Range
Area Description: Just want to post some photos...I skied Trelease SE and took a photo of the avalanche up there. Usually the entire face of this summit (x12304) does slide and the debris will travel far into the flats. I also included a photo of a big avalanche on a north to northwest aspect up Sheep Gulch, off of Loveland Pass. Lastly is a photo of the main ski terrain on Trelease (or more accurately, x12304) - it has become popular this winter! Lots of tracks and some of them do top out in the center of the runout zone of the main avalanche path, which is deceivingly flat at that point but debris has traveled that far.

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

2017/12/28

Loveland Pass-Northside

>TL

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> The avalanche on the southern end of Trelease. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/0jsiq4e5l7haobgurs8lamluuip2?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=8fd3b3f2f5e0a7044c1f849ad709c338','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Sheep Gulch Avalanche off of Loveland Pass. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/51v15g9uqauszehc6rxi9e4a1ck4?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=d1dba9d97d26b8b42eedb6f5d0a40918','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 3:</b> Lots of tracks. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/7ewu944e2a8iv7crrtsh56sdx62n?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=0a19b63d044407191add4e55472025db','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 4:</b> Natural hard slab avalanche in Sheep Creek. N aspect above treeline. 12.28.17 (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/gws77tz4ok7o3n5mzv7covv30zmm?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=787e5a4418d90cb36ff03837e6055ed0','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)