Indy pass is kinda sketchy

**leroy jenkins** · 10-11-2013, 02:35 PM

Was carefully inching my way down onto my line today and kicked off a good sized slide, perhaps 50 feet wide, bout a foot deep, ran for a couple hundred yards. Luckily (actually ok not luck, foresight, but still, luckily) I was on a sort of spine/ridge when it broke, was able to dig in and stay put while it broke around me, watching it go off a 15-30 ft cliff behind me. Fun times.

Anyways, just thought I'd share since its a popular area, people are often less concerned about avis early in the year, and there isnt enough snow to dig a pit anywhere until youre actually in danger.

Just to clarify, I did not ski cut, I was just sidestepping down doing a little downward kick with each step and a few feet below the cornice it slid, not much force needed. Shit is not stable. I did not get pics cus vis sucked and I did not probe the debris to see how deep it was cus I was cold.

**Shredhead** · 10-11-2013, 03:04 PM

Mountain Boy?

**leroy jenkins** · 10-11-2013, 04:16 PM

What everyone calls mnt boy, but not in fact mnt boy. Mnt boy proper is on the other side of mnt boy basin, but everyone refers to those NW facing chutey gullies as mnt boy, so yea, mnt boy.

**MakersTeleMark** · 10-11-2013, 04:16 PM

A shallow snowpack is a dangerous snowpack. What you describe happens every year. Don't get ahead of yourselves folks, and glad you didn't go for a boney ride.

**leroy jenkins** · 10-11-2013, 04:47 PM

You're right its somewhat sketchy and unpredictable every year but its not unpredictable at all right now. Just hair trigger sketchiness.

**Slaag Master** · 10-11-2013, 05:01 PM

so where is this actually?!? happy you are safe!!!

**Gone Skiing** · 10-11-2013, 08:51 PM

What did it slide on? Last week's facets?

**Lindahl** · 10-11-2013, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Slaag Master

so where is this actually?!? happy you are safe!!!

Pretty sure he means here:
39.102824,-106.582417

**Slaag Master** · 10-12-2013, 09:00 AM

silly me!!! i saw the sandy utah home!!!!

**goldenboy** · 10-12-2013, 08:32 PM

Thanks for the heads-up. Interesting that the snowpack here is pretty bomber, people skied the hell out of everything today with no results. Wonder what the bad layer was up there.

**Oceanman** · 10-12-2013, 09:15 PM

Thanks for the reality check. Always a humbling experience

**rideit** · 10-12-2013, 10:49 PM

Wow, how much did you guys get down there for base so far?

**ColoradoFuknRulz** · 10-13-2013, 12:27 AM

Ride It , the snowpack is stellar yo ! Like 6 feet in spots ! Its bomber , almost maritime like ! Man I shot to Indy from Denver in like an hour and slayed some shit > I shot down to Crested in like another hour from there and slayed some shit .In half a day ! It was epic ! Everything is so close to Denver its rad ! I love making the huge money and being rad and smoking pot in Colorado ! Colorado is the best place ever !

Go Broncos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**smitchell333** · 10-13-2013, 07:14 AM

Do you mean the NW facing 4th of July side or the E/SE facing mountain boy side?

**Freuchen Icepick** · 10-13-2013, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by smitchell333

Do you mean the NW facing 4th of July side or the E/SE facing mountain boy side?

Not sure of the locale of his one.. so perhaps a friendly reminder: helpful avalanche observation reports include details like slope angle, aspect, elevation, location (imprecise is fine, too) and the nature and size of slide and trigger. Nerdly snow pit-style details are not required.

CAIC is actively trying to get more people to post such these kinds of obs reports on their site. The one report posted this winter so far in the state has a pic of a slide on Mt. Sopris from 10/7: https://avalanche.state.co.us/obs/field_report.php

**whipski** · 10-14-2013, 07:22 AM

Don't know about snow pack...didn't see a single track going over sat am but it was bumper cars and idiots in rental suv's narrowly averted 2 collisions with offensive driving tactics

**yemntftb** · 10-14-2013, 05:51 PM

glad you didn't get caught leroy. sucks that our snowpack is so fragile already. bummed to hear that. tread lightly, so early still.

**Micol** · 10-14-2013, 08:21 PM

Glad you ok, stay safe !

**Jumper Bones** · 10-15-2013, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by ColoradoFuknRulz

Ride It , the snowpack is stellar yo ! Like 6 feet in spots ! Its bomber , almost maritime like ! Man I shot to Indy from Denver in like an hour and slayed some shit > I shot down to Crested in like another hour from there and slayed some shit .In half a day ! It was epic ! Everything is so close to Denver its rad ! I love making the huge money and being rad and smoking pot in Colorado ! Colorado is the best place ever !

Go Broncos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best. Alias. EVAR!

Glad you're safe Dave.

**kidwoo** · 10-15-2013, 07:17 PM

I thought I read somewhere that this season's early snow was not going to be this season's depth hoar.

You may have thought you saw a slide but obviously that isn't what it was. You know......cuz stokey stokedy stoak or something.

Glad you're okay. Couldn't have been a slide though.

**whipski** · 10-16-2013, 09:49 AM

Here's the bottom of the east side of the pass sat. Stopped to walk the pups.

**AfroMullet** · 10-16-2013, 12:56 PM

guessing it was in mountain boy park, around the cosmic couloir area. out snowfence ridge from top of pass. thinking that's one of the few places with enough snow to ski. generally e and se aspects.

**Lindahl** · 10-16-2013, 02:44 PM

Thats what I thought it would have been, but he said NW? I guess he was just referring to the gullies (that are generally not skiable this time of year)?