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Date: 2019/05/25

Observer: Andrew McLean
Organization: Public

Location

BC Zone: Front Range
Area Description: Longs Peak Upper East Face. 13600 ENE

Weather

Weather Description: Light winds and full sun.

Snowpack

Snowpack Description: Wind drifted slab formed from fresh snow earlier this week.

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: R3 D3 WS Slide released naturally above a cliff with debris landing on Broadway ledge. The slab slab layer released on broadway and ran down Alexanderâ€™s Chimney on Lambslide.

Date

Location/Path

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

2019/05/25 ^†

Rocky Mountain National Park

>TL

Media

Images

$<b>Figure 1:</b> Large fracture line on both snow fields (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/ljwf4edwotopl5044hgfx003vs8b?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=217625a82b3910cb6b7254eb63e0ff0e','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)$ <b>Figure 2:</b> Debris cloud over Lambslide and Mills (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/wrq2o1rvy3y1xdn59bs8qr9pubkk?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=c66bab460330a7bac30ac93b2a38b6f3','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Debris cloud over Lambslide and Mills (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/wrq2o1rvy3y1xdn59bs8qr9pubkk?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=c66bab460330a7bac30ac93b2a38b6f3','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)