Avalanche

South McCallum Creek (3rd Basin)

Andrew DoughtyEastern Alaska Range
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Quick report

More warm days mean more loose wet slides. The presence of more near surface facets means this is something to look out for throughout the range. Any added snow on top of this could be a recipe for widespread avalanches.

More wet loose avalanches the 2nd half of the day. We also saw widespread near surface faceting on everything above McCallum Creek. This seems to be a widespread issue. Keep a close eye on any new snow or wind loaded snow on top of this potential weak layer

Weather

Air Temp
30-40
Cloud Cover
clear
Wind Loading
light
Recent Snowfall
0
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Another clear warm day. It got above freezing for a decent amount of the day.

Snowpack

Near Surace Faceting on top on all aspects. Some solar aspects had a crust. On Non Solar Aspects (where we dug a snow pit) there was right side up snow pack with loose snow avaible for transport the first 10 cm.

Avalanche

Numerous Wet Loose Avalanches on solar aspects in the afternoon