Lake City/Hinsdale 3/12/19
3 injured
(there was a house here)
https://www.outtherecolorado.com/ava...idents-inside/
House was destroyed with the sheriff and two teenage daughters injured, one seriously. Thankfully it was not worse, but what a horror to have your whole family injured and house wiped away. Local evacuations followed.
https://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/a...=713&accfm=rep
Aspen/Conundrum 3/9/19
300 year 1 mile wide D4.5 avalanche
(this house is still here)
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/loca...00-year-event/
House saved by avalanche protective structure.
https://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/o...p?obs_id=55413
D4.5 is the largest value I have seen applied to a slide in CO since the advent of the R/D scale, otherwise D4s were the largest. 1mi wide and over 3000ft of drop. (Worth noting the gap between D4 and D5 is the largest gap in the scale... huge difference in scale).
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