Avalanche

Mt. Baker: Herman's Saddle

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Quick report

There was about 6" of fresh, soft snow on top of a fairly firm crust. There did not appear to be any signs of instability with the exception of very isolated, steep slopes where the new snow would easily slide off the crust under the weight of a skier. We experienced this skinning back up the west side of Herman's Saddle. The sun came out briefly but not enough to warm the snow to a point of melting/sliding. And we also observed that any slides would be likely D1 only due to the low amount of snow on top of the crust Side-note: also observed numerous off-leash dogs, one of which resulted in a stolen/eaten sandwich so please recreate conscientiously and respectfully if you go with your dog.

Avalanche

There were a handful of debris fields on south facing slopes on the north side of the Bagley lakes valley mostly D1 in size, maybe one D2. There was no new snow on top of the debris; however, the chunks themselves were very hard frozen so it seemed several days old at least. One or two of the smaller ones might have run overnight. All wet-loose. Additionally on the north face of Table Mountain there was debris from a D3 wet loose avalanche probably from the same time frame.