Alud

Mt Axtell

Evan RossGunnison
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated
Collapsing
isolated

Obvious signs of instability were rare and not common.

Weather

Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
light
Snow Avail For Transport
moderate amounts

A little bit of sun and visibility at times, otherwise mostly cloudy. Very light snowfall.

Snowpack

HST since early 2/14 was sitting at 8" near the top of the Green Lake Trail. In the area of Green Lake, I was hunting for a notable result on small test slopes and didn't find anything. I dug a quick test bit at 10,700ft on a NE-facing slope. ECTN result under a 70cm F to 1F slab. I later noticed that the 2/2 SH was lying flat in this location. There were some old snow-covered tracks in this area so perhaps it had already collapsed. In one other spot, isolated compared to the terrain traveled, I did finally get some shooting crack on the 2/2 interface. 

Once I was on top of Mt Axtell I remotely triggered a steep convex slope. That avalanche had a 75cm slab that was F to 1F hard over 8mm SH. While the slope was steep, the crown notably pulled back to a 28-degree slope angle on the ridge. 

Climbing up to Mt Axtell I remotely triggered two small soft slabs running on the 2/13 crust. The interesting part is that those avalanches were remotely triggered. Otherwise, they were small, didn't propagate far, and ran on top of the crust. 

Avalanche

Size
D1
Type
SS
Count
3
Aspect
S
Trigger
AM
Elevation
11700 ft

I remotely triggered a large avalanche on a northeast-facing slope of Mt Axtell. Remotely triggered two small storm slabs on south and southeast-facing slopes.