Sawatch

Avalanche

Tom Szwedko ยท Feb 18, 2014

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Weather

Sunny with slight wind.

Snowpack

On trail packed/groomed on mine road packed then damp powder.

Avalanche

In gulley running from pk 13588ft south of south Elbert. Came into edge gulley where mine road runs into at about 11550ft. Hard to tell but ran 1000-2000ft width of gulley and at point had moraine pile and flatten smash trees and snow piled up to 30-40ft several hundred yards wide. Was even avalanches in trees before point. Route to Avy site good and easy. Got pics but cannot load right now, Out town next 2 days.