Quick report
We found warm wet snow from the parking lot up to around 1,500'. Above this the snow slowly transitioned to dry above 2,000'. There was only 2" or so of snow from the past few days covering the older surfaces (buried surface hoar/wind crust/old tracks/faceted snow). A few rollerballs and small wet loose avalanches were seen on Seattle Ridge (photo below).
The winds in the higher elevations were blowing snow into small wind slabs but they did not seem too reactive where we were. We didn't see any large plumes but we definitley saw active wind loading and being on the ridge was not very pleasant.
We did see a new glide avalanches on Seattle Ridge and an older glide next to an opeing crack. Photos of those below.
The giant buried surface hoar (just 1-2" below the surface) was wet and melting below 1,500'. Higher up we had a hard time finding it as we were in a windy area. I did several quick hand pits on the way down the west face and it was still hard to find until we were below 2,000'.
Blowing snow.Weather
- Air Temp
- Mid 30s F
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- light
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Off and on clouds and sun. Breezy NE winds along the higher ridge. Temps around 38F at the parking lot and probably close to 32 at 3,000'. No precipitation along Turnagain Pass, but there was light rain on the drive home from Eddies parking lot to the Portage curve.