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BC Zone Observation Report

Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Vail & Summit County

Details

Date: 2022/01/09

Observer: Kelli Rohrig
Organization: Public

Location

BC Zone: Vail & Summit County
Area Description: Uneva

Weather

Weather Description: Blue bird, cold, calm.

Snowpack

Snowpack Description: Pit @ 12,000' SW HS 125 PST 57/100 down 95cm on crust sandwich Reactive, but no propagating results, on a buried NSF layer down 80cm

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: Multiple avalanches in the area: 2 x Little AK 1 x furthest couloir to the N in Lobster Claw (ob submitted by someone else) 1 x R2 D2 in 3rd Bowl- East Vail Chutes

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2022/01/09 ^†

Vail Chutes

1

<TL

NE

SS

N

R2

D2

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Little AK TL SW N R1 D1 (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/10g8ssq6fw3hzvqjlub979ue8uf1?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=2de9b26b275a77c47e8d4895f8409ede','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Little AK TL SW N R3 D1.5 (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/4qwb3cqwxyor6ew1mamdlfoz4zez?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=663b92b3edba1e30f2963825fa4586f7','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 3:</b> 3rd Bowl/Gen-x Bowl R2 D2 (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/5gy9rk82yufutstzxdnoqupn666l?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=b3e742e9d9337cccf224801714c743b9','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)