Snodgrass Obs

CB Avalanche Center 2018-19 Observations

Location: Crested Butte Area
Date of Observation: 01/10/2019
Name: Alex Tiberio

Subject: Snodgrass Obs
Aspect: North East, East
Elevation: 10,200


Weather: Thin cloud cover and pretty warm

Snowpack: Dug a pit just north of the snodgrass saddle on a northeast face ECTN13 failing under the storm snow but not propagating. Less than 5 minutes later got a massive collapse with shooting cracks on a slope right around 30 degrees.