BC Zone Observation Report
Friday, February 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Gunnison
Details
Date:
2020/02/21
Observer:
Evan Ross
Organization:
CBAC
Location
BC Zone:
Gunnison
Area Description:
Location: Paradise Divide Area Date of Observation: 02/21/2020 Name: Evan Ross Subject: Look Around The Range Elevation: 9,000-11,500
Weather
Weather Description:
Weather: Beautiful Day. Mostly clear sky, calm wind and mild temps.
Snowpack
Snowpack Description:
Snowpack: Quiet and settled upper snowpack. Moist snow surface on steep southerly slopes.
Avalanches
Avalanche Description:
Avalanches: Simple look around the range near the divide. A few small loose wet avalanches were seen on east and southerly facing slopes at mid to lower elevations. Didn't stay out late enough to see how SW and W held up. A fresh cornice released, triggering a slab below that didn't propagate across the slope very far on An East Aspect of Wolverine Basin at 11,800ft. On Mt Gunnison, another cornices had released and triggered a large to very large slab on the east face below. This event didn't necessarily look real fresh, but given what little detail could be seen from so far away its hard to tell.
Date
Location/Path
#
Elev
Asp
Type
Trig
SizeR
SizeD
2020/02/21
†
Mount Emmons
1
>TL
E
C
N
R1
D2
Date:
2020/02/21 (Estimated)
Observer:
Evan Ross
Organization:
CBAC
Landmark:
Mount Emmons
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