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BC Zone Observation Report

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 12:00 AM
Vail & Summit County

Details

Date: 2018/01/09

Observer: Greg Dumas
Organization: Public

Location

BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
Area Description: The Swell (Below Dave's Wave)

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2018/01/09 ^†

1

>TL

W

U

U

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Rider-triggered avalanche near Loveland Pass on 1/9/18. This avalanche was large and broke into old snow layers. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/00wtnf5coclx1163di1kq6njdwp9?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=048cb23da3cf1d78093f3d2954b76bfb','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)