Details

• Date: 2022/11/04

• Observer: Matt Entz

Location

• BC Zone: Southern San Juan
• Area Description: Wolf Creek summit, south side of highway
• Route Description: Snowmobiling low angle terrain as snow depth limited rideable terrain.

Weather

• Weather Description: Intermittent fog

Snowpack

• Snowpack Description: 24” or so inches of new snow. Few inches of breaking down old snow below the new snow on north and east aspects. Observed collapsing in the snow throughout the day with a few cracks on north through east aspects around 30 degrees.

Avalanches

• Avalanche Description: R1 D1 wind slab on north northeast aspect near top of ridge around 11,400 feet elevation. Estimated slope angle in start zone 35-38 degrees. Remotely triggered by group of 3 snowmobilers in a meadow below roughly 500 yards away around 1:45 pm. Crown estimated 2-3 feet deep. Snow failed on new/old snow interface. Another large fracture observed on same ridge estimated 75 yards west, but nothing more than a fracture.

	Date	Location/Path	#	Elev	Asp	Type	Trig	SizeR	SizeD
	2022/11/04  †	Wolf Creek Pass	1	TL	NE	SS	AM / r	R1	D1
Date: 2022/11/04 (Estimated) Observer: Matt Entz Landmark: Wolf Creek Pass Average Crown: 24 in Maximum Crown: 36 in

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