Details

• Date: 2018/02/23

• Observer: Crested Butte Avalanche Center
• Organization: CBAC

Location

• Operation: CB Avalanche Center
• Area Description: Snodgrass, BTL, NTL

Weather

• Weather Description: Aspect: North, North East, East, South East, South Elevation: BTL-NTL Avalanches: Weather: super variable winds from multiple directions & intensity. from SW to N & calm to strong. Skies varied quickly from Obscured to OVC to brief clearing spells HN 1-2″ depending on elevation.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 3 medium collapses in the flats, HS ~40-50cm of facets covered by wind slab & crusts. 1 medium collapse on SW @ 10500 ~15* HS ~60cm. tracks partial to totally drifted in open slopes 9400-10900 Flat valley bottoms to S-SW-W

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: Possibly a skier triggered D2 just above the road on snodgrass. Too far across the valley to discern. Red line is just above possible crown. blue line looked like a skier track. will try to get eyes on tomorrow.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2018/02/23  †	Snodgrass	1	<TL		HS	U	R2	D2
Date: 2018/02/23 (Estimated) Observer: Crested Butte Avalanche Center Organization: CBAC
	2018/02/23  †	Redwell Basin	1	>TL	N	HS	N	R4	D3
Date: 2018/02/23 (Estimated) Observer: Crested Butte Avalanche Center Organization: CBAC Area Description: basin wide Average Slope Angle: 35 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 40 ° Elevation: 12000 ft Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow Weak Layer: Layer Weak Layer Grain Type: Faceted Crystals Average Crown: 150 cm Maximum Crown: 300 cm Average Width: 400 m Maximum Width: 400 m Average Vertical: 1200 ft Maximum Vertical: 1500 ft
	2018/02/20  †	Baxter Basin	1	>TL	NE	HS	N	R4	D3
Date: 2018/02/20 (Estimated) Observer: Crested Butte Avalanche Center Organization: CBAC Average Slope Angle: 36 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 40 ° Elevation: 11800 ft Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow Weak Layer: Layer Weak Layer Grain Type: Faceted Crystals Average Crown: 140 cm Maximum Crown: 300 cm Maximum Width: 3000 ft Average Vertical: 1200 ft
	2018/02/23  †	East Gothic	1	TL	E	HS	N	R2	D2.5
Date: 2018/02/23 (Estimated) Observer: Crested Butte Avalanche Center Organization: CBAC Area Description: large pocket below rock band on Mount Gothic Average Slope Angle: 36 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 40 ° Elevation: 11400 ft Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow Weak Layer: Layer Weak Layer Grain Type: Faceted Crystals Average Crown: 120 cm Maximum Crown: 200 cm Average Width: 100 m Maximum Width: 150 m Average Vertical: 600 ft Maximum Vertical: 700 ft

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