Quick report
Deep cold light powder, great snowmobiling with no results on test slopes around the compass.
There are dangerous conditions are already present with buried persistent weak layers propigating that will take time to heal.
I also heard today that other riders have been remote triggering avalanches in a salmon river mountains. Stay safe.
The avalanche we observed on lookouts east aspect , appeared to be a couple days old from wind loading.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- 6900
- Recent Snowfall
- 23
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Moderate snowfall most of the day with poor visibility, two or three openings in the sky with the sun, appearing for a couple of brief moments
Snowpack
We got propagating results on two different pits in extended column tests. ECTP 11 on 2/14 buried surface hoar 60cm Dow and one on 2/8 facets, ECTP 24.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 7800 ft
Size appeared to be maybe a D1.5 to D2 from wind loading on the northeast aspect.