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BC Zone Observation Report

Monday, February 18, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Aspen

Details

Date: 2019/02/18

Observer: Laura Armstrong and Carey Favaloro
Organization: Public

Location

BC Zone: Aspen
Area Description: Planet Earth (NNW facing) chute off Greg Mace Peak. Ran across Pearl Pass road to Castle Creek. Estimated slide ran between 12/14-12/16.

Weather

Weather Description: Observation taken on 2/17/19 at 1:30pm at 10,500 ft: sunny, partly cloudy, light wind, low twenties.

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2019/02/16 ^†

Ashcroft

1

>TL

NW

HS

N

R3

D2.5

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Planet Earth slide on Greg Mace as seen from standing in large meadow on Pearl Pass Road. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/al617nitvmt97xu17gmdeuj9456a?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=a41dcc8652cb9737c5e16c3f1ddd9a73','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Location of Planet Earth chute on Greg Mace Peak (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/3wzqmgb4506xu9r1lg9zf4v2vbjd?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=6a37e1b32218ffe1bda05f3927301ffd','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)