Sawatch

Avalanche

Roger Coit · Jan 22, 2016 · Sawatch

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Weather

Sunny (intense solar on S-SW aspects), Calm to Light winds out of W-NW, warm with 30 degrees F at parking lot at 1300

Snowpack

SH noted @TL on S-SW aspects 2-4cm Obvious windloading onto East aspects with mulitple wind slabs in isolated terrain features at ridgelines and cross-loaded gullies near ridgeline. Noted small windslab Fx's of surface layers no deeper than ~25cm No other signs of instability noted (other than slides indicated below)

Avalanche

Noted 3 small wind slab avalanches in isolated pockets ATL on East facing features. All slider were 25-30cm deep and no more than 20m wide. Each had limited run distances.