Avalanche on the burn in Meyers

Location Name: The burn in Meyers Region: Echo Summit Area Observation Date & Time: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 12:30
Location: 38.852688, -120.019313 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Terrain Alerts: Obvious Slide Path

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

Snow was wind blown and partially heavy from yesterday’s sun. Weather was gusting 60 mph winds. We did a short hike just to the ridgeline yo the burn. Didn’t want to head all the way up echo or angora with such high winds. Decided to take a short burn run and set off a fairly large slide in a very small bowl area with a gradual grade.

Terrain Details

Terrain: aspects:

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

New/old snow interface

Trigger

Trigger:

Snowboarder

Trigger Modifier:

Accidentally Triggered

Terrain

Aspect:

Southeast

Starting Elevation:

Below tree line but exposed in the Meyers burn

Size

Destructive Size:

D2 Could bury, injure, or kill a person.

Relative Size:

R3 Medium

Crown Height:

2 ft

Avalanche Width (Average width):

100ft.

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

350ft.

People Involved

Number of people caught:

Number of partial burials:

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