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Observation: Tony Grove Lake

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Quick report

Aspect
East
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
2286 m
Slope Angle
37°

There was evidence of a pretty widespread natural avalanche cycle that probably occurred yesterday afternoon or overnight since there was a little snow on the debris piles.

I dug test pits near the Tony Grove Road avalanches reported yesterday, right off the road on an east-facing slope at around 7500' in elevation.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Conditions are dangerous where there is old snow beneath the stout new slab, but it will gradually become less so in the next few days.</p>

Heavy snow today that was fairly supportable with skis on, but you would sink to the ground when you got off your sled.  I stayed on the beaten path, but I saw where sleds had been badly stuck in flat terrain near the road but off the packed track.