Quick report
We saw a couple decent sized natural slides from the last storm in wind-loaded alpine terrain. We were playing in the meadows and didn't ride in any avalanche starting zones or tracks. We didn't see any signs of instability where we rode (lower and middle elevations).
Weather
- Air Temp
- 18-25
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- light
- Rain Elevation
- 7500
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Variable skies from partly cloudy to obscured during intermittent snow squalls (no more than a trace accumulation from 1-5 PM). Moderate NW winds during the squalls, otherwise light but enough to begin to ghost sled tracks.
Snowpack
The dust layer was 10-15cm down and presented as a wet/moist layer in the process of freezing. It was a razor crust in most places up to around 7400-7500'. Above that, the razor crust and wet layer thinned and eventually went away.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Aspect
- NW
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 9800 ft
The more obvious, recent slide could have released early in the morning on 3/17.