Valanga

Point 6

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Quick report

Cracking
specific

We skinned up Point 6  to clear the anemometer (again) and look for recent avalanches.

We found two D2 wind slab avalanches on the SE face of Jenny Bowl. The largest of the two ran over 1000 feet. I was also able to kick off a small D1 wind slab around the corner on a NE aspect.

There was about a foot and a half of settled storm snow sitting on a crust. The top few inches of snow on southerly aspects was moist, but still skied well

We saw two D2 natural wind slab avalanches that likely happened during the storm. I was able to intentionally trigger a very small size 1 wind slab nearby. We also saw a few very small wind slab avalanches and dry loose avalanches from today. We observed cracking in both new and old wind slabs.

Weather

Air Temp
15-18
Cloud Cover
few
Wind Loading
intense
Rain Elevation
N/A
Recent Snowfall
50
Snow Avail For Transport
large amounts

Skies cleared but temperatures stayed cold. Moderate winds continued to blow snow.

Snowpack

The settled storm snow is about 50 cm (1.5') deep, and becomes increasingly hard with depth. This sits on a thin crust in most places. Persistent weak layers are now 80 - 110 cm (2.5-3.5') deep.

Surface snow was becoming moist on SE, S, and SW aspects.

Avalanche

Size
D2 R2
Type
HS
Count
2
Aspect
SE
Trigger
N
Elevation
7900 ft

Two natural D2 wind slab avalanches from yesterday, and one intentionally triggered D1 wind slab today.