Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
- Collapsing
- widespread
Pit dug on slope similar to Old Faithful start zones where avalanche mitigation work produced slides on a layer of old snow about 10-20 cm above the Solstice MFcr. Slides initially failed 10-20 cm deep and stepped down multiple times eventually running on the layer described above. The failure layer was observable in the pit but produced no ECT results. Grains at this layer were difficult to identify but appeared to be DF and PP particles. The pit demonstrated fair stability with a score of 5. Widespread natural and artificially triggered avalanches were observed in the top 20 cm of the snowpack.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5
- Aspect
- SW
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 5700 ft
I was able to intentionally trigger avalanches 10-20 cm deep on all slopes steep enough to slide. An intentional ski cut triggered a slide 10-20 cm deep on the SW slope below Cowboy Ridge outside of the ski area. The slide propagated more than 300 feet wide and I'm unsure as to how long it ran because I traversed along the crow to escape to lower angle terrain.