Details

• Date: 2022/01/02

• Observer: Public

Location

• BC Zone: Front Range
• Area Description: Berthoud pass, current creek
• Route Description: X chute and z chute

Weather

• Weather Description: Sunny, 10 degrees, 10 mph breeze. NE aspect. 11.5k elevation

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 90-230cm of fresh snow from the past 2 weeks sitting atop 10-60 cm of faceted depth hoar.

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: Rider 1 entered x chute and ride skiers left ridge produced a small fracture near the beginning of the mid slope convex. Rider 1 outran the small fracture and rode to a safe zone to observe rider 2. Rider 2 dropped in, taking a center line of x chute, triggering the slide from the bottom of the mid slope convex. The fracture began at the top of the convex and propagated across mid slope over into z chute. Slide ran into the trees below, breaking some. R4-D3

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2022/01/02  †		1	<TL	NE	SS	AR / u	R2	D3
Date: 2022/01/02 (Estimated)

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