Sawatch

Avalanche

Tom Whipple · Mar 3, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

There had been about 4-5 inches of new snow. The storm was just clearing. We felt wind out of the north as we climbed up.

Snowpack

Wind from the north had loaded the south aspect of the ridge that slid.

Avalanche

As the third of our group came down, we remote triggered a small slide on the ridge. We had intentionally stayed out of the runout of this feature with plenty of room to spare.