Quick report
Great skiing and great coverage at Nadahini. Dense powder skied well in the gullies and bushes. We were skeptical of stability with all the new snow but structure and bonding between layers appears to be good for now. Will make a good base. No danger signs observed, other than wind loading and a fresh glide avalanche.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 30
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- 2000
- Recent Snowfall
- 10-20
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Wind was moderate. Some light active wind transport of the new snow in gullies. There was a lot of wind loading from last night. Cornices well established already on terrain features.
Snowpack
Overall, lots of new snow, great coverage. Rightside-up snowpack with no noticeable soft/weak layers upon probing and digging. No whumphing. HS 60-85cm. HN24 Storm snow 10-20cm, fist, wind affected Storm interface at 20cm 4F recent storm snow 20-50cm down 1F below that to ground. Light amount of active wind loading.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2.5 R4
- Type
- WS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 3600 ft
Saw one small cornice collapse in wind loaded gully, and a significant glide avalanche at chuck creek