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CAIC: Colorado Avalanche Information Center

BC Zone Observation Report

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Aspen

Details

Date: 2019/03/06

Observer: Matt Huber
Organization: Forecaster, Colorado Avalanche Information Center

CAIC Comments

From Rick Deane at T Lazy 7

Location

BC Zone: Aspen

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2019/03/06 ^†

Maroon Creek

1

TL

NW

HS

N

R4

D4

View

2019/03/06 ^†

Maroon Creek

1

TL

NW

HS

N

R4

D4

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Debris pile on Maroon Creek road. A very large natural avalanche released in the early morning hours in Maroon Bowl putting debris 15 feet high and 100 to 200 yards long on Maroon Creek road (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/2axe5fgfr9fbrzog6gugrf53kgk6?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=9af69b356cbaaa859820a872f1685492','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> A debris pile in the Maroon Creek Valley floor from a very large natural avalanche that ran in the early morning hours of 3/6, about the same time that Maroon Bowl avalanched. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/jh4a18u7itpmwcx1s9hrjsbj3yut?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=2f00822a56d322bd21ef432da555fc27','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)