The road is plowed to Geyser Pass Trailhead.
The First Annual Avalanche Awareness Week is December 2-7 We have a week full of fun and educational events planned. Check out the schedule
here.
The annual free Know Before You Go avalanche awareness talk will be held at the Grand County Library on Thursday, Dec 5 at 6:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!
After one of the driest falls on record, November has gone out white! Up to 60" of snow has fallen over the past week and it is truly a best-case scenario. A week before we received 8"-15" of dense, wet snow, and the ground was dry prior to that. We haven't been able to get around into the high country yet due to access issues, first - not enough snow, second - too much, but we will get up there this week and have a good look around. Caution is still required as there are rocks and logs lurking below the surface but generally speaking, it's game on!
Pre-Laurel is back on-line and winds overnight have been moderate from the WSW overnight. Today will be warm, sunny, and beautiful with high temps in the mid 30's and light southwesterly winds. Our next chance for snow is Wed-Thu though the system appears to be weakening with another chance over the weekend.
Chris Jacobsen went up to Geyser on Saturday and confirmed that it was deep!
Meanwhile, in Miner's Basin...
Our aerial observer Chris Benson was flying around and sent in this
observation of a couple of small avalanches he observed from the air that ran during the Thanksgiving storm cycle. He also noted a ravaged snow surface on exposed terrain fit only for "Sastrugi Samurais!"
We observed this natural avalanche from afar in Miner's Basin. It's on a NE aspect at 10,700'. It looked to be about 3' deep and measured about 175' wide. Not something you would want to be involved with.
