Sawtooth Avalanche Center

Public Field Report

Observation Details

Observation Date:
February 8, 2021
Submitted:
February 8, 2021
Zone or Region:
Soldier and Wood River Valley Mtns
Activity:
Other
Location:
NE bowl on Griffin butte

Observed Avalanches

Did you observe any avalanches? 
Yes
Avalanche Type:
Hard Slab
Size:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person
Elevation:
Aspect:
NE
Comments:

Signs of Unstable Snow

None reported

Observations

Slide seen from my job site. Would have come down sometime during this weekend’s wind event.
Can’t speak to the size or depth of the slide but about half the bowl ripped out and it propagated around various terrain features. Cal topo shows the start zone in the low 30’s

Media

This large avalanche on a northeast-facing slope at 7,700' on Griffin Butte failed sometime over the weekend, during the prolonged wind event.