Dolomite Circuit beginning

Avalanche

Trigger Type

natural

Avalanche Size

3

Start Zone Aspect

SW

Vegetation Cover

openSlope

Avalanche Character

deepPersistentSlab

Number Of Avalanches

1

Start Zone Elevation

2299

Runout Zone Elevation

2000

Avalanche Observation

24to48hrsAgo

Start Zone Elevation Band

alp

Avalanche Occurrence Datetime

2020-02-10T11:00:00

We skied the Dolomite today - the very 1st avie path you cross (maybe 20 minutes from road) going clockwise just over the ridge from the parking lot down to the stream has slid a few days ago. What is notable is that it was full path, taking out the trees that used to frame that short downhill to the creek. In my 30 years of skiing that route at least once a year, I have never seen that slide come so far. The last cycle generated some big ones! While the circuit skied very nicely with ordinary avie caution, I thought it was worth reporting the above just because it was unusually large. Several other nearby slide paths have also released, but not quite as large as this one. Notes. Photo by Pat Morrow. I had previously submitted a similar report but with the wrong date (Feb 6). This is the correct one and now includes a photo.