Quick report
Sunny blower pow on Herman today. Incredible conditions for skiing. We stopped on our first lap to dig a pit. 4900’, S Aspect, HS 260, ECTN 16 60cm down. Dec 24 crust was present, Ectn failure was on top of the crust in a less dense 10cm layer on top of the crust. Grains on the fracture were rounded. No observed cracking/whumpfing/etc. Hand pits yielded no results. Dry loose sluff carried some momentum on steeper pitches.
Avalanche
We observed a skier triggered d1 by three skiers descending little Alaska on the north side of table mtn. Triggering skier was able to ski out.