3/18/2023 Field Report - Northern San Juan
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It happen so fast. Once boarder 2,3 we’re starting to cross. We heard a loud collapse and immediately started sliding. No delay. Boarder 1, 2 and 3 were all caught. Boarder 1 went about 260’ and was able to get out of slide. While skier 2,3 went for about 480’ both partially buried up to Chest. Slide path was about 600’ long x 150’ wide. 6’ crown. Everyone was ok and no gear was lost.
Parked at Ironton Park at 7:45am. 3 Splitboarders. Went up the Albany approach. Once at 12,000ft decided to go up from there to gain ridge line. Took a steep WNW ramp. Above Albany gulch. Once we were more than half way up noticed things were getting steeper and decided to space out. Crossed a cross loaded pocket at about 12,400’. Skier 1 was more than 3/4 across, when Boarder 2 decided to start and was then followed by boarder 3… Before this we had no observation on weak snow, collapsing or cracking snow.
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Date | # | Elev | Asp | Type | Trig | SizeR | SizeD | Problem Type |
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03/18/2023
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1 | >TL | NW | HS | AS/u | R2 | D2 | Persistent Slab | |
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Date and Time
03/18/2023 -
11:45am
(estimated)
Start Zone Elevation
12,000 ft
Max Release Width
150 ft
Max Release Vertical
600 ft
Max Crown Height
72 in
Area Description
Near Abrams Mountain |
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