Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We noted some wind drifted snow at the highest ridge-lines. </p>
This avalanche on the northeast facing ridgelines west of Grandview Peak above Mill Creek Canyon was reported on January 12th. This most likely occurred naturally during the storm on or around January 10/11th. This avalanche was approximately 2500' wide and from a distance the remains of the crown appeared to be 4' deep. It ran approximately 1100' vertical feet. The consensus is that the timeframe of this slide is similar to the Gobblers Avalanche.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Wind scouring on ridgetops looking back towards the west. </p> <p> </p>
Primarily powder snow conditions. Some areas harbored stiffer wind drifted snow on the surface where there had been wind loading. Wind scouring at the highest ridge-tops. Just off the ridge on north facing slopes the height of snow was over 300cm at 8900'.