Avalanche

Crater Lake

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Quick report

We went up to crater lake, and found some corn snow, varying snow height levels, and recent avalanches on the west side of the lake. On the NW slope looking out/over the west edge crater lake, we had HS readings of 105cm, 80cm, 95cm, and 145cm. We arrived around 2pm and observed until 3:30pm, the snow progressively softened and our descent above, near and on the road had pockets of corn snow in the sun, variability in shaded spots, a few remaining runnels, and dirt patches at lower levels.

Avalanche

Size
D1
Aspect
E
Trigger
N
Elevation
8600 ft

Wet loose avalanches on the East, South East and North East slopes near/above Crater lake.