Public Observation

Observation Date:

January 8, 2023

Submitted:

January 8, 2023

Zone or Region:

Rock Creek

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Red mtn

Did you observe any avalanches?

Yes

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Size:

Size 3: Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few trees

Elevation:

11,000

Aspect:

NE

Comments:

Entire width of red mountain bowls. Looks like it initiated as a pretty large hard slab the stepped down and then propagated a soft slab across the remainder of the main red mtn chutes. Not sure how long it ran for or what the trigger was. Natural I assume.

None reported