Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
Widespread cracking snow at higher elevations. Wind affected snow treeline and below. Measured 20 cm to 60 cm storm snow above solstice crust on south slopes below Mazama Bowl. Good ski quality in this zone (2 runs). Descended to Anderson Creek and exited via Herman Saddle. We encountered no moving snow while descending . Hand shears in storm snow varied from easy to moderate with planar surface.
Avalanche
South aspect, 4,500ft, storm slab release from day before. D1, 200m length by 30 m wide.