Quick report
Plenty of unconsolidated snow made travel along the trail challenging. Shallowly buried rocks were a problem until the junction with the treasure lakes trail. The new snow ranged from 2" at the parking lot to about boot top at Long lake. Ski penetration averaged 4-6", closer to 8-9" on steeper E/N slopes. New flakes started falling a little before 11 and the strong wind loading of E faces made it an easy decision to not ascend much higher and just poke around the lakes. While doing so I noticed a crown below Bishop pass when the sun made a brief appearance. Descending near or in the trail was very treacherous. I hit many rocks while skin skiing.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 11500 ft
Storm slab that ran on old snow with an inch or two of wind board plastered onto it. I skid from the pass last week.