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BC Zone Observation Report

Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Front Range

Details

Date: 2022/12/20

Observer: Matt Pearson

Location

BC Zone: Front Range
Area Description: Flanks of Sundance Mountain NE Aspect above treeline ~11,200 ft

Avalanches

Avalanche Description: Observed two recent avalanches, looked like they ran naturally sometime in the last week with sustained wind loading.

Date

Location/Path

#

Elev

Asp

Type

Trig

SizeR

SizeD

View

2022/12/20 ^†

Rocky Mountain National Park

1

>TL

NE

HS

N

R1

D1.5

Media

Images

<b>Figure 1:</b> Wind Slab avalanche and potential sympathetically released avalanche (lookers left) (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/zqu7quh50yke9b27x49yuv8g2xyi?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=535b35f2325b4ac002bc726f01d48662','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)

<b>Figure 2:</b> Wind Slab Avalanche and debris field. Small relative to the path. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/203v56vsdbvfn2n358mikh13ayyd?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=d1b3cdf72bafdb758be32010e41fe4c7','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)