Quick report
I took a quick ride up the Teanaway River Road to check on surface conditions and snow depths. Coverage was better than expected, and the sled easily broke through the surface crust into softer snow below. I popped out of the valley fog around 3400ft, although I didn't make it out of the colder air pooled at lower elevations. Upper elevations held what looked to be good coverage for this area at this time of the year.
Upper elevations had warmed, and there were wet loose avalanches of varying ages, the more recent ones were confined to cliffs and very steep rocky terrain.Snowpack
I dug a quick pit at 3800ft and found a 2cm thick melt-freeze crust with soft snow below. The surface consisted of weak 2mm faceted grains mixed with surface hoars. Snow heights were around 45cm. There where also interesting rain runnel formations from the recent atmospheric river.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 5700 ft
There was plenty of evidence of the widespread wet avalanche cycle that occurred around December 10th. There were also fresh wet loose avalanche debris from the past 24 to 48hrs.