Details

• Date: 2018/10/12

• Observer: Robert Emmons
• Organization: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: East/northeast facing, roughly 35-40 degree slope, 1-4 feet of windblown snow
• Route Description: Idiots ridge at loveland pass. West of the top psrking lot, facing east/northeast above timberline

Weather

• Weather Description: Sunny, snow getting heavy with consistent wind loading all.morning

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 1-4 feet of strictly windblown snow, on top of an icy, rocky ground. Heavy sbowpack, not noticeably unstable

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: Roughly a 12-24" crown, 200-300ft across at the ridgeline. Very fast traveling avalanche above the rocks. Deep debris field of about 5-10 feet in a gully. Npbody caught. I was able to pull myself out the side at the top

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2018/10/12  †	Loveland Pass-Northside	1	>TL	E	SS	AS / u	R1	D1.5
Date: 2018/10/12 (Estimated) Observer: Robert Emmons Organization: Public Landmark: Loveland Pass-Northside Average Slope Angle: 38 ° Elevation: 12300 ft Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Weak Layer: Interface Weak Layer Grain Type: Unknown Average Crown: 10 in Average Width: 200 ft Average Vertical: 400 ft