Grand Mesa

Avalanche

Brandon Levy ยท Jan 18, 2019

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Weather

HST 22" in three days. NW wind 15-20. Wx station heavily rimed. Broken skies with temperatures in the high 20's

Snowpack

Storm snow fell on bare ground at the Headwall and Pipeline Face. Moderate to Strong SW winds accompanied snow during the storm. Sun breaks were causing pinwheels and sluffing of the storm snow to the shoulder on the solar aspects. Slab structure on the N side cutbanks on FC

Avalanche

observed one avalanche from plows trundling snow over bank on N side of pass. small WLa activity on solar aspects