Mt. Washington West ridge IAG nw
weisniko38,
Sunday 29th December, 2024 1:00PM
Ski pen 5 to 35 cm
hollow sounding ice on the surface near Ridgetop and South West aspects
Upper snowpack felt facetted under the skis at higher elevation’s
Wind transport was observed in the afternoon Ridgetop rolling and in the Alpine intense turbulence suspension
Snowpack tests hard to moderate results
Found isolated pockets of wind slab that were stubborn to trigger nw aspects
Surface snow dry/no pinwheels.
No natural avalanche activity observed.
Cornices below 1500 m looked like they were just re-forming after dropping in warm temperatures I suspect.
Cornices look larger in the Alpine over 6500 feet
The first buried crust was down 10 to 50 cm

Location: 49.75918000 -125.30319000