Details

• Date: 2019/03/22

• Observer: Mark Mueller
• Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

• BC Zone: Southern San Juan
• Area Description: Wolf Creek Pass/Lobo

Weather

• Depth of Total Snow: 139 in
• Weather Description: 12" of new snow with 1.15" of water content. It looked like the storm was moving out around mid-morning, but snow moved back in and light snow continued all day with an additional 2-3" by 1700. Temperatures were in the teens and moderate SSW winds caused moderate wind transport near treeline.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Found reactive soft storm slabs on windloaded NE-E aspects near treeline. Avalanches were triggered at the new snow/old snow surface interface. Found no signs of instability on north aspects below treeline.

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2019/03/22	Wolf Creek Pass	1	TL	NE	SS	AS / c	R2	D1.5
Date: 2019/03/22 Observer: Mark Mueller Organization: Forecaster, CAIC Area Description: Suicide Bowl Landmark: Wolf Creek Pass Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Average Crown: 12 in Maximum Crown: 16 in Maximum Width: 300 ft Maximum Vertical: 100 ft

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