Quick report

Northern Swan Front

Chris GotschalkSwan Range
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Quick report

Surveyed the area from just NW of Hash Mountain to the Wolf Creek Drainage to update the glide crack/glide avalanche inventory. A Yellow highlight denotes cracks or avalanches that had been previously observed on or prior to 3/2. These will include a couple that were found to have been missed in earlier observation as well as failures and avalanches prior to 3/2. A purple highlight denotes cracks that are likely to have formed after 3/2. No glide avalanches were observed that failed after 3/2. Creep is occurring and some exposed substrate was observed especially in the new cracks. Some of the older ones still have a cover of recent snow. The grand total is now up to 38 with 10 of these being new.