Quick report
Toured up Taylor Pass to Goldpan. Observed evidence of a recent glide crack avalanche release off of Sunburst (SW face) that buried the previous skin track up to Taylor Pass in 2-3 feet of debris. Taylor Pass was wind stripped and the tour up the North spur of Gold Pan required booting on icy exposed shale. South/SouthWest aspects of Goldpan had little to no wind effect. 1.5 feet of soft dry snow over a supportable crust layer.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 3700 ft
Triggered a lingering wind slab dropping into SuperBowl. Skier rode out of debris and off to side successfully. Was too flat light at the time to take photos of nor see full extent of avalanche.