Sawatch

Avalanche

There were three distinct sides on NE-facing slopes. We were in the flatter sections below the slide, at least 100ft below where the slide stopped. None of our tracks were in the slide path. The first slide was shallow, 1-3ft deep where it broke, but it broke about 800 ft wide and ran at most 200-300 ft. The second slide was in the narrow gulch where the small circular one broke first and then the larger one broke loose about 150ft wide with a depth of 2-8ft at the break and ran about 500ft. Again none of our tracks were in the slide path since we were riding in the "safer" areas nearby.