BC Zone Observation Report
Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 12:00 AM
Aspen
Details
Date:
2018/01/25
Observer:
Emmalee Erickson
Organization:
Public
Location
BC Zone:
Aspen
Area Description:
Garret Peak
Avalanches
Avalanche Description:
Skinning up Garret Peak, Elk Mountains we were at 10,500 elevation on the NorthEast facing slope at 1:00pm 1/24/17 when a 25-30ft slab broke off and created a slide about 100meters long. Skiing underneath the avalanche when it broke off. Once we hit around 10,500 - 11,000 elevation, the snow really started to break into slabs around us in which point we decided to turn around and ski down through the trees. There was 3 people in our group, the first one went down no problem and then I went down and the 3rd person started the break from the side and it just shot across and broke off a slab. This was the only time we really poked out of the trees.
Date
Location/Path
#
Elev
Asp
Type
Trig
SizeR
SizeD
2018/01/24
†
East Snowmass Creek
1
<TL
NE
SS
AS / r
D1.5
Date:
2018/01/24 (Estimated)
Observer:
Emmalee Erickson
Organization:
Public
Landmark:
East Snowmass Creek
