Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
- Collapsing
- specific
My partner and I tip toed into more aggressive terrain today. We traveled on west and east aspects. Many mid pits on the ascent showed recent low density snow sitting on thin graupel layer on dirt layer. We did not have any collapses on this layer and confidence slowly grew as we ascended. Old crowns and covered debris from wind event was evident in many locations. Natural loose snow sluffs had released likely during the most recent storm. We had isolated collapses near the ridge tops on wind whales formations in old growth trees. These would simply collapse but not move and in thinner new snow locations. It was a reminder of the lingering wind loaded terrain hazard. We had minimal loose snow sluffs when descending, noticed the sun barely affecting the snow surface and our confidence in the snowpack grew during the day. We traveled cautiously and avoided any wind loaded slopes.
Avalanche
Saw old crowns from strong wind event week ago that had refilled. Natural loose snow sluffs in steep terrain from most recent storm.