Quick report
Found up to 14” of new snow sitting on the crust. Under trees it was closer to 6”, with much more on open slopes. The snow is low density and has seen little consolidation since falling. Given last night’s rain, we expected to see a more significant avalanche cycle than what we found. Activity was limited — D1 slide debris at the bottom of Bryant Couloir, and a couple of small debris piles below features that were difficult to distinguish from rain runnels under the new snow. The new snow is actively sloughing on steeper terrain and proved very sensitive to ski cuts, though it hasn’t yet formed a meaningful slab. The crust became noticeably more supportable as we ascended, almost fully supportable while breaking trail above 4K . Quick hand pits on the way up showed yesterdays m snow fully saturated down to the March 8th crust. The skiing left much to be desired. The low-density new snow was easy to punch through and hit the funky breakable crust. In the trees it was exceptionally bad… knee blower pow conditions. Creeks appeared slightly more open than yesterday — a modest but noticeable change from the rain overnight.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- L
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 4200 ft
Very easily triggered sloughs on any steep slope.