Avalanche

Silver Lake Environs

Eric GilbertsonWest Slopes North
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Quick report

Snow line starts at 3kft in silver creek valley. Slushy but skinnable 3kft to 5500ft on SE and E aspect. Icy and very firm E aspect 5500ft to 6.5kft, with shallow windslab on E aspect 6.5kft - 7kft . Steep north faces 7kft - 8kft have ~1ft-2ft powder on top of firm layer. NE aspects 7kft - 8kft have shallow windslab.

Avalanche

Loose wet slides on steep NE aspect at 5kft likely triggered by icefall. Fresh crown on steep NE aspect at 8800ft, possible wind slab. Fresh loose wet on SE aspect at 7200ft triggerd by falling cornice or falling ice. Another cornice-triggered slide at 8kft on east aspect.