Weather
- Air Temp
- 60+
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
It was a beautiful, warm, and sunny spring-like day. Temperatures reached into the 60s in the valleys.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- WS
- Count
- 3
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 8400 ft
I observed numerous recent natural avalanches on upper elevations along the Swan Crest. They all likely ran in the last few days due to sunshine and warm temperatures. Most were D1.5 - D2 wet loose avalanches on steep, south and west aspects. Some of the wet loose avalanches gouged down to the ground. I observed two wet slab avalanches on Fisher Peak. One was very large (D3) and around 500 feet wide, spanning northwest and west aspects near 8400 ft. The other was smaller (D2) and on a west aspect near 8400 ft.