Details

• Date: 2020/03/20

• Observer: Ryan Lewthwaite
• Organization: Forecaster, CAIC

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: From Urad Valley up Woods Creek towards Parnasus Peak.

Weather

• Ridgeline Wind Speed: 5-10 mph
• Ridgeline Wind Direction: SW
• Temperature: 18 F
• Sky Cover: Overcast
• Depth of New Snow: 11 cm
• Depth of Total Snow: 192 cm
• Most Significant Precip Rate: S2 - 2 cm/hr
• Weather Description: A cold and snowy start with morning temps around 5F warming to almost 20F degrees. New snow accumulations 12-13 inches and snowing at a rate of S2+. The winds were very calm and skies were mostly cloudy with several rays of sun.

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 11 inches of new snow had fallen overnight with an additional accumulation of 1-2 inches during the day. The winds were calm with very little evidence of blowing snow or drifting. The new snow sits atop a firm melt-freeze crust which it bonded well to. Saw no cracking or collapses as we traveled.

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: Loose Dry avalanche on Engelmann Peak above treeline.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2020/03/20  †	Herman Gulch	1	>TL	NW	L	N	R1	D1.5
Date: 2020/03/20 (Estimated) Observer: Ryan Lewthwaite Organization: Forecaster, CAIC Area Description: Engelmann peak near the Henderson Mine and Urad Valley. Landmark: Herman Gulch Average Slope Angle: 37 ° Maximum Slope Angle: 39 ° Elevation: 12200 ft Sliding Surface: S - Within Storm Snow Weak Layer: Layer Weak Layer Grain Type: Precipitation Particles Average Width: 60 ft Maximum Width: 70 ft Average Vertical: 20 ft Maximum Vertical: 250 ft

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