Avalanche: Summit

Location: Gilpatrick (Near Devils Pass) South end of Summit Lake

Date:

March 17, 2015 3:51pm

Observer:

Alex McLain Professional

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	unintentional	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	0	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Natural wet storm slab D-2 that went to the ground at lower elevation. Multiple start zones. (8" new snow from storm...light rain falling at time of observations. Avalanche suspect of releasing on Monday night March 16th.

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

Roller balls and point releases widespread at mid to lower elevations

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Temperature 40-42 at valley bottom, Light rain.

Snow surface

8" of new snow from Monday was very wet at lower elevations

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Gilpatrick wet snow avalanche

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