Climbing with cats
Location Name: Cat Creek Observation date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 14:00 |
Is this an Avalanche Observation: Yes |
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Observation made by: Public
Location
Tabs
Avalanche Details:
Date and Time of Avalanche:
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 12:15
Avalanche Type:
Soft Slab
Failure Plane/Weak Layer:
Unknown
Trigger:
natural
Aspect:
South
Destructive Size:
D2 Could bury, injure, or kill a person.
Relative Size:
R3 Medium
Avalanche Width (Average width):
40ft.
Number of full burials:
0
Avalanche Location:
Encountered soft slab debris around 5000’ that looked to have run full path and deposited snow down to bottom of gully sometime during last week’s storm (2/28?). Crusted over but not much of any new snow on top.