Dolomite circuit

Avalanche

saul.greenberg · Feb 6, 2020 · East Side 93N

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
natural
Avalanche Size
3
Vegetation Cover
openSlope
Avalanche Character
deepPersistentSlab
Number Of Avalanches
1
Avalanche Observation
24to48hrsAgo
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2020-02-06T23:00:00

We skied the Dolomite today - the very 1st avie path you cross (maybe 20 minutes from road) going clockwise just over the ridge from the parking lot down to the stream has slid a few days ago. What is notable is that it was full path, taking out the trees that used to frame that short downhill to the creek. In my 30 years of skiing that route at least once a year, I have never seen that slide come so far. The last cycle generated some big ones! While the circuit skied very nicely with ordinary avie caution, I thought it was worth reporting the above just because it was unusually large.