Grand Mesa

Avalanche

Powderhorn Ski Patrol (Troy) ยท Feb 6, 2014

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Weather

partly sunny becoming cloudy and starting to snow in the afternoon

Snowpack

between 20" to 30" in the last week

Avalanche

Slope Sparsely covered with Aspen trees. Two skiers, reporting party thought it was a point release of new snow sliding on old layer(all faceted) depth of slide was approximately 2ft contained to a shallow gully took both skiers for a ride neither was buried and both were able to stay standing. Slope is believed to be right at 30. Reporting party is retired patroller from Wolf Creek. Powderhorn Patrol was not involved pictures to follow