Public Observation
Observation Details
Observation Date:
April 10, 2023Submitted:
April 11, 2023Zone or Region:
Taos AreaActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Kachina East SideTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
BTLAspect:
EComments:
E-NE aspects below treeline, within the upper 30cm surface snow wet sloughs were easily triggered on anything steeper than about 28° running slow and sloughing out, also several rollers that quickly grew to 1-1.5 meter pinwheels.Photo:
Observed Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
Alpine, NTL, BTLAspect:
EComments:
Wildy chutes on Kachina’s east side. Observed cornices failing and collapsing about 11:30am from the summit ridge, triggering small wet slabs above outcrops and wet loose sloughs running to about mid-apron.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Temps reached upper 40’s by noon, surface snow was affected to about 30cm down, below that the mid-snowpack was still cold and showing signs of continuing faceting.
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