2016-2017 Winter Recap


October
Warm- Halloween event
November
4 storms/ 9 days measured
December
6 storms/ 12 days measured
January
7 storms/ 23 days of measured snowfall
* 110 RMP (beat Hx record by 1/2 inch)
* 152 Coal Bank (beat Hx record by +1foot)
* 1/10 SH Layer loaded up-
* Huge Natural cycle 1/14 "everything 30+ slid-JANUBURIED!"
Rapid Settlement after instabilities blow out
February
5 storms/ 11 days of measured snowfall
*41 RMP/ 51.5 CB
March
6 storms/ 8(RMP)/6(CB) days measured snowfall
* 33.5 RMP/ 20 CB
April
4 storms/ 10 days of measured snowfall
Statewide
Only 1 fatality in Colorado this season...
BUT
80 people caught in avalanches and 9 Full Burials this season!!!
****Monthly Notes- (Based on Daily Obs/CAIC Highway & Backcountry Reports/M. Gober Presentation)
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