Eldorado Cabin

Spent 6 days at the Eldorado Cabin from Jan 30-Feb 4. HS 130-150 with deeper snow in sheltered terrain BTL. Significant wind effect on all aspects in the alpine and at TL ridge tops. Basal facets still present throughout the snowpack, 20cm in ALP, 50cm+ at TL and BTL. Results on this layer were resistant planar CTH 25-30. We triggered one large shooting crack in a thick-to-thin zone near ridge top on January 30, propagated roughly 100m. Evidence of previous slides to ground (1 week+ old) on alpine N faces with one large slide on S face SE of Eldorado cabin. One 48hr+ slide found on BTL N face. All slid on basal facet layers.

Multiple avalanches on basal facets observed, all 48+ old as of January 30th.

5cm new snow on morning of Feb 4, redistributed by wind and starting to form wind slab.