Quick report
There is not a lot of snow high up in the gullies of Huntington (or anywhere, really.) Where we found thin hard windslabs down below the gullies, it was thin, strong, and discontinuous enough to not be worrisome. These avalanches likely released during the warm weather and rain on Wednesday, so by Friday this was not a stability problem.
Snowpack
Generally good stability around the fan of Huntington. We were a little surprised to see windslab as deep as we did (from 0" to roughly 12-14" at the deepest points.) Where we did see windslab, it was very hard and stubborn. There was a thin layer of lower density snow under the knife hard windslabs but where we observed it, it wasn't concerning due to the strength of the snow above. This was all on top of the melt-freeze crust that formed from the warm temps and rain on 2/28. The melt-freeze crust had variable thickness and was not entirely impenetrable, though it provides plenty of of strength.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- WL
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 5000 ft
Just a couple of small wet loose avalanches about two days earlier.