Details

• Date: 2019/12/01

• Observer: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: Berthoud pass 90s chutes

Weather

• Weather Description: Cold and clear. 15 F when we set out from Berthoud Pass parking lot at 9 am. Time of slide was 9:50 am.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 6-inch wind slab on top of 2+ ft of very loose depth hoar. Small trees and rocks poking through snow.

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: We dug a shallow pit and noticed a very weak 2-ft + layer of hoar beneath a 6-inch thick wind slab crust. As I widened the pit with a ski tail the slab broke loose, slid, continued to break across the gully, and took the snow from the next gully with it. Head scarp was approx 1-ft high. Slide is visible from Current Creek parking lot.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2019/12/01  †	Berthoud Pass west side	1	TL	N	SS	AS	R2	D1
Date: 2019/12/01 (Estimated) Area Description: 90s Landmark: Berthoud Pass west side

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