Quick report
We skied an early lap and saw multiple dry loose, wet loose, and wind/persistent slab avalanches on all aspects and elevations in the glacier peak wilderness. Inversion conditions, sun, light wind, green housing initiated all slides, many of which ran 2000' feet from ridgelines in extreme terrain.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- NL
- Elevation
- 7500 ft
A wet or dry loose at 8000' entrained dry snow on rocks and triggered slabs in three different wind layers around 7000'. Ran about 500' wide possibly on JDL and on two recent wind interfaces (Presidents Day and Wednesday -Thursday) with facets between them. Warming aloft had multiple 8000' peaks sliding full path, but starting on rocks, including copper, fernow, buckskin and foreskin. All aspects, originating ATL as sun hit rocks around 0800.