Sawatch

Avalanche

Max Forgensi · Nov 22, 2015 · Sawatch

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Weather

Warm, Sunny, very light winds

Snowpack

Variable. The tour primarily stayed below treeline (11,700'-10,600') on south, west and north aspect within the Tennessee Creek drainage. Lots of whoomphing and cracking on any northerly aspect. Southerly aspects are starting to burn off. Lots of wind scouring on west aspects above treeline...land of diminishing returns are present above treeline (Read: Not good skiing). Northerly aspects hold the most consistent snow coverage, no more than 45 cm in most areas below treeline. Whoomphing and cracking propogated considerable distances, at times greater than 100 m. I suspect there will be areas that may support remote triggering after an additional precipitation event in locations connected to steeper terrain.

Avalanche

None.