Avalanche

Hurricane Ridge-Maggies

Sam LuthyOlympics
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Quick report

Warm and cloudy with snow of the cream cheese consistency. Several crowns and some debris observed from likely storm slabs occurring on 12/9 during a warming storm.

Weather

Air Temp
38
Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
none
Rain Elevation
6000+
Recent Snowfall
8
Snow Avail For Transport
none

OVC to obscured at HR today. Light SW winds and above freezing temps. 8cm of wet settled snow on the 24hr board this morning.

Snowpack

22" on the stake at maggies with4-5" of moist and heavy new snow sitting on last weeks stout rain crust. All melt forms and crusts in the low to mid elevations with no layers of concern. Before turning to rain the 20-30mph SW winds did a good job filling in the trees on N-NE aspects. Most S-SW aspects are stripped bare.

Avalanche

Size
D1.5 R2
Type
SS
Aspect
N
Trigger
N
Elevation
5400 ft

As the sky cleared a few storm slab crowns were observed on N-NE aspects from the 12/9 storm.