Quick report
- Collapsing
- specific
Observed two large persistent slab avalanches on E aspects above 6,000ft that we believe we or another party remotely triggered. Felt a few collapses throughout the day on SE and E terrain at about 5,800 and 6,000 ft. Felt a few collapses throughout the day on SE and E terrain at about 5,800 and 6,000 ft. Remotely triggered one or two large persistent slab avalanches on E aspects above 6,000ft
Weather
- Air Temp
- 33
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 1cm
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Mostly sunny, light winds, temperature hovering around freezing
Snowpack
Dug a pit above the avalanche just below the S ridge on a <30 degree E facing slope. Preformed an ECT and got partial propagation on 19 on top of the lower of the two crusts we identified in the pit. Knowing the avalanche has just occurred we thought we might get more extreme pit results but we did however still find red flags.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- HS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 6480 ft
Observed two recent large (D2) avalanches. We believe our party remotely triggered the one directly below Hornet Lookout and are unsure if our party or another party remotely triggered the other avalanche on an E aspect. All debris paths seemed to terminate at the road or a bit above but our view was a partially obscured.