Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
Remote triggered storm slab ene at 11100 at the purple palace. Ran 1-200 feet wide and 1000 feet Pretty quiet for as windy as it was, cracking in obvious winddrifted spots
Weather
- Air Temp
- 30
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Recent Snowfall
- 30
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Stormy, poor vis gusty winds
Snowpack
A week+ long dry spell With persistent slab still an issue. I have not skied in this area yet this year but have been told it has seen a lot of skier traffic and east warmed up enough for a crust. Snowed probably a foot on this, though felt deeper and shallower in spots because of all the wind. There was cracking in obvious spots where the wind was blowing
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 11000 ft
Was climbing ridge first path of palace, was definitely walking on edge to see if would go. No collapse noted but saw it pull out a hundred feet ahead of me, 20" deep at tallest but a foot average depth of storm snow. Probably 100-200 feet wide and ran to bottom of run (1000 feet). Was thinking it was r2 d2. The bed surface felt like a melt-freeze