Avalanche

Chiwaukum Traverse Day 3

Erin AndradeStevens Pass
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Quick report

Overall clear skies. Saturday night into Sunday early morning experienced moderate winds. Did not observe as much wind by early morning and throughout much of the day. Snow transitioned from dry to moist at about 4.8k on N aspects. Road down from swath had full coverage except for a few open creeks and small sections of skinning on dirt near the car

Avalanche

Unlike Saturday, we did not trigger wind slabs but did observe very wind affected snow on northerly aspects. There was evidence of old slides on solar aspects. Some of these released to the ground. We did not observe new activity though. Aside from wind effect, powder was good quality on N facing terrain. Coming down the swath, there was good snow on top of debris.