Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
Went to Soldier peak from Mill D North today, as we approached the top of N facing Soldier Fork we triggered a large collapse, watch the whole slope 30ft in front of us fracture into dinner plates and move a few inches, I was sure the whole slope was going to pull out to the ground but the pitch just wasn't quite steep enough and the slab not dense enough. That being said the snow pack is still quite sensitive and traveling in untraveled terrain still produces large collapses and shooting cracks, patients is key at this point in time and I'm holding my cards tight for the time being.
photos: cracks and spiderwebs remotely triggered on N facing Soldier Fork and the wind transporting snow in the afternoon