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Observation Details
Name:
Jamie TackmanObservation Date:
January 7, 2023Submitted:
January 7, 2023Zone or Region:
East CentralActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Upper Beehive basinTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
YesAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
5700Aspect:
EComments:
Wind loaded slope, 110’ wide start zone 33 deg, run out 25 deg. ~70’ vertical displacement. Buried surface hoar on a sun consolidated surface. Un disturbed snow adjacent released on isolation.Signs of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
Yes, IsolatedDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
Yes, IsolatedObservations
Overcast, snowing, 31 F, wind gusty variable, ( Mission data logger showed 210 most of the day) East aspect, elevation ~5700, HS 185cm, reactive surface 34cm. Column failed on 5.
We were not really expecting this slope to fail, but it did, as forecast by Katie. If this had been a big unsupported slope it probably would have gone big.
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