Quick report
- Collapsing
- specific
Great riding conditions on all aspects at the mid elevation. Wind was calm-light all afternoon. Light snowfall all afternoon. Got a big whumph at the top of Mt Elly before dropping south. Felt more collapsing as I approached the crown of an avalanche on the south ridge of Mt Elly.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Light snowfall all afternoon
Snowpack
Dug a pit at the top of Yoyo wall at 8800' on NE aspect. The January snow has formed a slab that is Pencil hard above fist hard facets. -HS 135 - ECTP23 SP down 68cm
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- HS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- SE
- Elevation
- 8900 ft
2 avalanches (already reported) off of the south side of Mt Elly at 9100' SE facing and 9000' E facing with crown depths averaging 65cm. There were visible cracks on the slab between the two avalanches leading me to believe that they were the result of the same event.