Sawatch

Avalanche

Arden Feldman · Apr 6, 2018 · Sawatch

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Weather

Moderate snow, warm, and light winds.

Snowpack

6-10 inches of dense new snow NTL at 4 PM. Not bonding well to the underlying crust on southerlies.

Avalanche

I intentionally skier triggered a wind slab on a loaded convex roll on a SE aspect NTL. It was 10 inches thick and around 50 feet wide. It ran on the underlying crust.