Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Slab Thickness
- 183 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
Went for a nice scenic tour to take a look at the east facing bowls on Cascade, and ended up seeing tons of old avalanches. I didn't see any of these in the recent-ish observations, so figured it was worth taking some photos and posting them up. Hard to say exactly when these all went, but likely during the cycle a week or so ago, so there has been a decent bit of wind to buff out and hide the crowns a bit. I took a closer look through binoculars to better identify crowns and width of slides. Just about everything steep that faces north through east looked like it had released; many were smaller, shallower looking pockets, some a fair bit bigger, and one monster off of the ridgeline that looked to have a crown near 6' high and had debris that ran all the way over the bench below and out of the frame of the photos. I included photos with and without crown lines highlighted in red, for clarity.