Quick report
On Friday 4/19 I toured solo. It was sunny and the temps were supposed to be in the low 40s but the 15-20 mph wind kept the snow from softening on many aspects. The top of Bowling Alley was still a hard crust by 11 am so I went down Maggie's nose where the snow was much softer, somewhere between corn and mash potatoes. I ran out of snow in one opening and after booting over dirt I cut down in the lower section of the 20th of June. I saw some roller balls and what looked like a very small slide at the very bottom of the chute. The snow level seemed low as a lot of the ground is exposed. On 4/23, I skied down Bowling Alley and then to Superbowl with a partner. The temps were in the mid-40s and sunny all day. The snow was soft everywhere, not sticky, more on the corn side. Looking at 20th of June from King Dome at 1 pm we saw no avalanche. When we got back to King Dome at 5 pm, we could see the avalanche at the bottom of 20th of June in the exact path I had skied on Friday. It was probably of natural cause, unless it was triggered by 2 jet fighters flying low about 15 minutes before we saw the slide. No one was caught. There was only one other skier that day who seemed to have been gone before the avalanche happened. The avalanche stopped right on top his ski tracks. My partner and I couldn't agree as to whether the avalanche was big enough to bury someone. It was very chunky and seem very wet and heavy and was partially made of mud.
Avalanche
On Friday 4/19 I toured solo. It was sunny and the temps were supposed to be in the low 40s but the 15-20 mph wind kept the snow from softening on many aspects. The top of Bowling Alley was still a hard crust by 11 am so I went down Maggie's nose where the snow was much softer, somewhere between corn and mash potatoes. I ran out of snow in one opening and after booting over dirt I cut down in the lower section of the 20th of June. I saw some roller balls and what looked like a very small slide at the very bottom of the chute. The snow level seemed low as a lot of the ground is exposed. On 4/23, I skied down Bowling Alley and then to Superbowl with a partner. The temps were in the mid-40s and sunny all day. The snow was soft everywhere, not sticky, more on the corn side. Looking at 20th of June from King Dome at 1 pm we saw no avalanche. When we got back to King Dome at 5 pm, we could see the avalanche at the bottom of 20th of June in the exact path I had skied on Friday. It was probably of natural cause, unless it was triggered by 2 jet fighters flying low about 15 minutes before we saw the slide. No one was caught. There was only one other skier that day who seemed to have been gone before the avalanche happened. The avalanche stopped right on top his ski tracks. My partner and I couldn't agree as to whether the avalanche was big enough to bury someone. It was very chunky and seem very wet and heavy and was partially made of mud.