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Incline Peak Chutes

Location Name: Incline Peak Region: Mount Rose Area Observation Date & Time: Sunday, February 14, 2021 - 10:00
	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Terrain Alerts: Slopes Steeper than 30 degrees Obvious Slide Path Trigger Points Terrain Traps Terrain Matches the Advisory

Observation made by: Public

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

Recent Avalanche: A small avalanche caused by either a skier or snowboarder (one track into slide path over the crown, guessing skier based on the tracks observed above). Crown height was about 3 inches The path immediately funneled into a terrain trap and a tree directly at the bottom of the chute had snow piled onto it more than 6 ft high. Dug a quick hand pit and saw another suspect layer about 2" deeper than the bed surface.

Saw another recent avalanche in a similar elevation, aspect, area, size. but didn't get close enough to take photos.

Crown Photo.

Tree at bottom of chute with snow piled high on it.

Snowpack Details

Persistent Weak Layers:

Buried

Terrain Details

Terrain: elevations:

Near Treeline

Terrain: aspects:

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type:

Wind Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

New/old snow interface

Additional number of similar avalanches:

Trigger

Trigger:

Skier

Terrain

Start Zone Slope Angle:

40degrees

Aspect:

East

Starting Elevation:

9100 ft. below treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D2 Could bury, injure, or kill a person.

Relative Size:

R1 Very Small

Crown Height:

Less than 1 ft

Avalanche Width (Average width):

60ft.

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

200ft.

People Involved

Number of people caught:

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