Southern San Juan

Avalanche

Anonymous · Feb 15, 2021 · Southern San Juan

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Avalanche

We observed evidence of one large natural avalanche that looked to have run sometime between yesterday afternoon and this morning. Appeared to have broken initially within the new storm snow but broke deeper as it propagated and ran downslope. The avalanche ran on an ENE aspect near treeline with debris traveling over 1,000 vertical feet into very low angle terrain, filling a deep gully.