Quick report
Little snowballs were seen on the slopes from thawing snow falling or wildlife disturbance on the ascent. Encountered the fallout on the descent. Trail completely buried by 3ft+ of wetter chunky looking snow. Felt pretty stable. No punch through or shifting. I moved quickly but cautiously. It stopped partway down slope so all that weight is still stored up there.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Aspect
- SE
- Elevation
- 5200 ft
Coming back down from Marmot Pass, the avalanche chutes on the exposed sections of slope around 5200ft had 3-4 fresh avalanches ranging around a 2, that originating at an unknown distance upslope as I was locked in by a cloud bank. Snow felt semi wet and solid with no punch through or shifting when traversing back across them.