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HW Zone Observation Report

Friday, March 8, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Loveland Pass

Details

Date: 2019/03/08

Observer: Ryan Zarter
Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

CAIC Comments

Results from mitigation in the Little Professor and Widowmaker on LP with the assistance of the Arapahoe Basin Ski Patrol.

Location

HW Zone: Loveland Pass

Avalanches

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2019/03/08

Little Professor

1

>TL

SE

HS

AE / c

R1

D1.5

View

2019/03/08

Widow Maker

1

>TL

S

HS

AE / c

R3

D4

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Looking up the track of the Widow Maker from the debris pile after mitigation on Mar 8, 2019. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/nlybab9gs1evhlbr38trick2f6mm?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=ce3d33affa791881135c577e19af172f','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Debris crossing the highway after mitigation in the Widow Maker on Loveland Pass, Mar 8, 2019. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/o8f0ydbppekwmrkbw1hw6d35s1u8?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=bceb0a7eb1e4e8565fb47a60d028c755','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 3:</b> Looking down towards the toe of the debris after mitigation in the Widow Maker on Mar 8, 2019. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/3x8iv8xayplf3vrsg4zt92t1aar0?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=fa052eb2cd60999c54e56e455f59374f','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)