Sawatch

Avalanche

Chad Bucheit ยท Feb 20, 2021

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Weather

Sunny and high winds. If I would have to guess wind gust up to 30 or 40 mph, mountain range behind st. Elmo near Buena Vista. 12,400 ft

Snowpack

Same mountain range, snow pack was wind torn, snow pack was very unstable, hard on top and very sugary on the bottom.

Avalanche

The coordinates I wrote earlier was the avalanche general area