Early season avalanches at any elevation have the potential to be particularly nasty as rocks, slash, deadfall, stumps, etc. are exposed or just below the surface.
Weather Forecast
Unseasonably warm temperatures for November 8th. THe atmospheric river that is hammering the coast is being blocked by a ridge of high pressure centered in idaho. We're expecting small amounts of precipitation on Wednesday than FL rising to 3900m on Thursday.
Snowpack Summary
At Treeline the snowpack is generally moist with several crusts stitching it together. We have no significant weaklayers or any shears for that matter. While this snowpack remains uninteresting, i'm hoping that it will be a great foundation for our Winter Snow pack
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed on the highway corridor or reported in the back country
Problems
Loose Wet
Loose Wet avalanches are the release of wet unconsolidated snow or slush. These avalanches typically occur within layers of wet snow near the surface of the snowpack, but they may quickly gouge into lower snowpack layers. Like Loose Dry Avalanches, they start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-wet avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs. Loose Wet avalanches can trigger slab avalanches that break into deeper snow layers.