Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Matt PrimomoObservation Date:
February 9, 2021Submitted:
February 8, 2021Zone or Region:
East CentralActivity:
Location:
Icicle CreekObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
OtherSize:
Size 3: Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few treesElevation:
6600Aspect:
EComments:
Very wide, deep crown on Sixty Six Hundred Ridge in the upper Icicle. East facing, at... 6,600ft!The crowns were spanning the entire feature that I could see, roughly 500m wide.
Photo:
Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
I found that the amount of new snow at road elevation increases substantially as one travels towards the crest, from 5cm at Bridge Crk to over 45cm at the Rock Island Bridge.
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