Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Noted two new avalanches today: Size .5 natural in Main Porter and Size 1.5 skier/snowboarder remote on Raymond shoulder. Both found in the observations. No cracking/collapsing noted. The Raymond shoulder slide turned out to be a very interesting avalanche and possibly near miss. </p>
Interested in east and southeast facing structure (well away from the upper Cottonwoods) as well as west northwest - all easily found along Raymond and Gobbler's terrain. 9400' SE on Raymond shoulder provided ECTX x3. Some weakness noted a few cm below last Sunday's dust layer. Investigated SE on the Emmas in LCC yesterday. No collapsing or cracking noted. Skied 35° south facing line off Raymond Shoulder into Mill A and headed toward Main Gobbler's shoulder into Porter. Quick profile noted in photo below. Noted human triggered avalanche off Raymond shoulder and returned to investigate. Avalanche observation found here.
Snowpack
Really excellent skiing conditions; very localized wind damage.