Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
- Collapsing
- isolated
Wind loading at upper elevations, active cracking and collapsing. Isolated cracking and collapsing above 10,000' on East face of Buck. Active wind loading was forming hard slabs at all aspects in the alpine.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 25
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Clear, no precip, moderate to strong SW winds.
Snowpack
Below 9,000' there are widespread facets on north aspects and facet/ crusts on solars. Above 10,000' we experienced facets, crusts and supportable and unsupportable wind slab. Our structure is thin and weak overall.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R1
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 11000 ft
Small, sluggish wind slab that had formed in the few hours prior to triggering. Skier triggered it from below while crossing the slope and was easily able to ski off of the slab.