Avalanche
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Rob Millspaugh
Quick report
Glassed the Swan Crest at 12:00pm:
- Natural D3 soft slab at 8300' SW aspect. Likely failed during solar radiation 2/18 pm.
- Natural D2.5 soft slab at 8000' NW aspect. Likely failed during snowfall late 2/16 or early 2/17.
- Many D1-2 loose dry on steep and rocky solar slopes.
- Valley snow settling quickly.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 29
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- light
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Increasing cloud in the afternoon. Few light gusts blew some snow out of trees at valley bottom.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2.5 R2
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- NW
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 8000 ft
D2.5-3 natural soft slab avalanches on the Swan Crest. Many D1-2 loose dry.