Quick report
D1 slide at entrance of The Gash on Taylor Mountain N. North facing new/old interface on planar slab was not well bonded today.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 30
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 2"
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Temps remained cooler (30F) until later afternoon, due to cloud cover most of the day.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 9600 ft
We summited Taylor Peak at 11:30am and low clouds reduce visibility below the summit. Light wind loading on the East face of Taylor was observed while approaching The Gash. About 16" new snow on top of a firm planar surface on the North aspects of Gash entrance. The new snow was the primary concern for skiing the Gash. A party of 4 skied the line before us and we noticed it appeared they had triggered this slide upon decent. It's unclear if they were doing a ski cut, but the tracks covered looked like a ski cut. Definitely showed us clear signs of the new snow interface still was not well bonded yet on steeper angles.