Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
We observed widespread loading with variability in slab characteristics. The new loading was largely an uncohesive mix of sleet and graupel. The main concerns were slabs formed in previous days. We found these characteristics in larger, open pieces of terrain with some reactive hand shears. We observed a small (D1) avalanche upon entering the snowfields. There were tracks through part of it, but we believe it may have occurred naturally from higher up under the buttress. The new precipitation was falling mainly as graupel and sleet and largely uncohesive, but more open areas seemed to harbor wind slabs from previous loading. Near the top of our route, we had a shooting crack near some trees that convinced us to downclimb before transitioning to ski down.
Weather
- Air Temp
- N/O
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 7
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Precipitation was mainly a mix of sleet and graupel, falling heavier at times. Winds were transporting snow from above rock buttresses into the upper reaches of the snowfields.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 4300 ft
Both avalanches were soft slabs and believed to have been formed from previous loading.