Quick report
No surprise, it's wet and sloppy out there. This past weekend the Pass underwent a wide spread natural wet avalanche cycle, while not the most impressive round of slides we've seen, several D2.5 and D3 glide/wet slabs did release. Numerous wet loose also released, but they were almost too many to count (D1.5-2s). While these are becoming less likely, there is still some blobs of snow clinging to rocks that could still shed.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 36
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- 8000
- Recent Snowfall
- o
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
East flow kept us in and out of the low clouds/fog. A few breaks allowed for views into the higher terrain.
Snowpack
The upper snowpack is wet and sloppy. In general the wetting front is about 1 ft (30cm) below the surface. The snow is runnelled and consists of large grain melt forms. Boot and ski pen is deep in open areas. Under the trees, tree bombs have actually helped make for a more firm, consolidated snow surface.
Below the wetting front, the snowpack remained cold dry and layered. We could still find the 12/30 and Solstice complex. However the snowpack is considerably warmer than when we last looked. Temperatures are close to 32F/0C for much of the depth. Snowpack tests did not yield any notable results.
Open creeks, waterfalls, and holes were a concern. However, many of these haven't really filled in all winter and this rain event just emphasized that.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R2
- Type
- WL
- Count
- 7
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 4000 ft
A relatively wide spread avalanche cycle occurred, Wet avalanches of all types (wet loose, wet slab, glide, and cornice fall) released during the cycle. Older debris from the 1/23 cycle was also visible.