Quick report
Went back to the PC Ridgeline to see if there was any natural persistent slab activity since my last visit on Friday 1/10. I was a bit surprised that there really was none. I looked at Scott's Peak , No Name Bowl , South Monitor, West Monitor and into Silver and Days. You can still see the slides I reported from Friday clear as day. Also, I spent Saturday in Cardiff and only noted a few pockets that went into old snow , but mostly just new slides.
I am starting to think we did not get a persistent slab avalanche cycle out of this storm. All the slides I've seen have had a trigger in the form of a new snow slide, cornice drop or skier triggered. The two slides I've seen that went to the ground during this storm were, No Name , skier triggered and South Monitor, natural cornice drop triggered. That being said, I would rather see these big slopes avalanche, than be riding the fence and wondering when they will, but I'm not trusting any of the steep NW trough E facing slopes in the near future, I'm thinking there's a reason they call it a persistent slab.
Photos:
New snow sitting on stout rime crust from Friday.
Low cloud deck.
Rime in the trees pointing to the SW.
Sticking with considerable on steep slopes NW through E facing .
Snowpack
The snow surface consisted of 4 inches of light density new snow and another 3 from yesterday, capped off with a zipper rime crust, all sitting on the stout rime crust from Friday night.
Your classic rime crust sandwich.