Details

• Date: 2020/02/23

• Observer: Mark Mueller
• Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

• BC Zone: Southern San Juan
• Area Description: WCP/Lobo area

Weather

• Ridgeline Wind Speed: Calm
• Depth of Total Snow: 59 in
• Most Significant Precip Rate: S1 - 1 cm/hr
• Weather Description: 8" of new snow this morning with 0.8" of water content at the CAIC Snow Study Plot. Cloudy skies with periods of light snow. Snowfall eased as the afternoon progressed. Temperatures in the mid teens to mid 20s. Winds were calm and no evidence of blowing snow. At 1400, 1" of additional snow at the Study Plot.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: Signs of instability were found on northerly aspects near and below treeline today. Several storm slabs were easily triggered on the new snow/old snow interface near treeline and on deeper buried surface hoar formed several weeks ago below treeline.

Avalanches

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2020/02/23	Wolf Creek Pass	2	TL	NE	SS	AS / c	R1	D1
Date: 2020/02/23 Observer: Mark Mueller Organization: Forecaster, CAIC Area Description: Suicide Bowl Landmark: Wolf Creek Pass Sliding Surface: I - New/Old Interface Weak Layer: Interface Weak Layer Grain Type: Near Surface Facets Average Crown: 6 in
	2020/02/23	Wolf Creek Pass	3	<TL	N	SS	AS / c	R3	D2
Date: 2020/02/23 Observer: Mark Mueller Organization: Forecaster, CAIC Area Description: The Plunge Landmark: Wolf Creek Pass Average Slope Angle: 32 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 38 ° Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow Weak Layer: Interface Weak Layer Grain Type: Surface Hoar Average Crown: 12 in Maximum Width: 100 ft Average Vertical: 150 ft Maximum Vertical: 300 ft

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