Avalanche

Skied a few runs on west, east/SE, and north faces: iceberg bowl, Herman gulch, and the face skiers left of Newt chute.

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Quick report

Snow was not as reactive as expected based on hand pits dug around 10:30am going up Herman gulch. We saw evidence of a few slabs (maybe D0.5-1) on N and E/SE aspects around the bagley lakes areas, but they were present by 9am so guessing they released on the 14th. We were wary of N facing slopes but even after skiing outside of the Newt chute, it seemed stable. It seemed like the slabs we saw evidence of all released in chokes of chutes/cliffy areas. We also saw a handful of folks cut over from Herman saddle to ski off the Corner Pocket area and snowpack looked pretty stable. Many folks skiing the south aspect above Bagley (Rampzilla, Boulder field, etc) and did not appear to set off any slides on the 15th. But evidence of some sluffing off cliffs and the slabs described previously were present, likely from the 14th.

Avalanche

As someone else noted and included a photo for, there was a slab avalanche in dog chute