Quick report
The East Face of Gothic produced a wet loose shed cycle yesterday and today, with a few of the longer-running sluffs growing large in size, given the vertical relief. We found good stability early this morning and on northerly aspects at upper elevations, with developing wet loose concerns by 10:30 a.m. on east-facing terrain.
Large rollerballs and pinwheels developed by 10:30 a.m, along with wet loose activity.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
At 11,000', last night's low was 6° warmer and today's high was 2° warmer compared to yesterday. Some clouds began developing this afternoon.
Snowpack
ATL: We found good stability and dry snow surfaces on northeast aspects, boot top ski pen. There were a few small stiff drifts that we steered away from, given the high-consequence terrain. East aspects were becoming moist and sluffing easier.
NTL: East and SE aspects were wet and producing rollerballs, pinwheels, and wet loose. NE aspects were dry to moist.
BTL: Large rollerballs and pinwheels, with wet loose avalanches involving all the April Fools snow (about 12" to 16").
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- WL
- Count
- 6
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 11200 ft
Several slides between 11,500 and 10,900 on E to NE aspects