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Mt Wash West side

Published
Feb 17th, 2019 6:39 PM
Ryan Shelly
East Island
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.761520, -125.304770

Quick Observation

Managed to initiate some small ski cut size 1 slab avalanches down 30-40 cm on a facet /melt freeze crust interface. Faceting has taken place within the upper 50cm of the snowpack. Also had a sudden Planar moderate result during an extended column test on the same facet/melt freeze crust At lower elevations , the temperature rose above zero degrees and the facet/melt freeze interface became easier to initiate