Quick report
- Collapsing
- isolated
The new/old snow interface appears to be starting bond but there is still a layer with the potential to propagate about 3 feet deep, and a facet layer that nearly 5 feet deep that might be able to be triggered in shallower spots.
Weather
- Air Temp
- ~10
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 10
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Clear, calm weather until the night of the 19th, a south wind and light snow picked up through the night, and there were several fresh windslabs the following day.
Snowpack
Dug a pit at 5700 feet on the 19th, overall snow depth was 245cm. Had an ECTN15 and a CT18 at what appeared to be the new/old snow interface 45cm deep, and got an ECTP25 on a layer 80cm deep. Also observed a facet layer at 165 cm deep that could be reactive in shallower areas, which released with a lot of energy with a shovel shear.
Avalanche
Observed some natural avalanches on our way in on the 18th and a few natural Windslabs on the 20th, also heard an avalanche that appeared to be triggered by icefall on the night of the 19th.