Red Meadow

Recent natural avalanche activity and loud whumpfing collapses sidetracked us from our original plan to de-rime the Link Mountain weather station.

• Observed a recent large (D2) hard slab avalanche that failed on facets above the 12/22 crust. This avalanche failed on a southeast aspect at 5400 feet. More info in the avalanche tab. 
• We experienced a loud collapse that sounded to have traveled a long distance. This collapse also failed on facets above the 12/22 crust. 
  • We dug into where the slipe failed and the weak layer on the southeast aspect was exceptionally soft and weak. 
• We dug a snow pit on an adjacent east-northeast-facing slope where we triggered the shooting crack. On this aspect, we did not find as poor of a snowpack structure as we did on the slope that collapsed. 

. Today, we observed a lot of bullseye information to keep us out of avalanche-prone terrain. The riding above roughly 6000 feet is playful and fun. At around 5000 feet the snow is moist and it skis you more than you ski it. 

Isolated cracking in the upper 1-2 feet. Experienced two localized whumpfs with one loud whumpf that shot cracks up to 100 feet away.