CAIC

CAIC: Colorado Avalanche Information Center

BC Zone Observation Report

Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Vail & Summit County

Details

Date: 2019/03/09

Observer: Bruce Edgerly
Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
Area Description: Maid of Orleans, Peru Creek, near Montezuma

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: Maid of Orleans slide went full path yesterday, taking out the remainder (shed) of the house that was destroyed two (?) years ago. Estimate R3/D4. Debris went to Peru Creek.

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2019/03/09 ^†

1

>TL

N

SS

N

R3

D4

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Maid of Orleans avalanche (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/2gmox0nervb09amytejp5zi0gr0r?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=2a82c7636302ad5489631b835fa0f6ad','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Destroyed the remnants of the structure damaged two years ago (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/6dv9z3w940zfyhhezeokjch9458k?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=622cd309728904930b083bc275dd8597','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 3:</b> Maid of Orleans avalanche (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/wkz04kls4jizn7hsn9rbd3na5le9?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=9917b679b256199af37cc06d25a10ed2','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 4:</b> Maid of Orleans avalanche (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/naz43rieogrnkf4k9pdyrde6irfm?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=4e373cd03732c7b90026302d300f24da','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)