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Observation: Maybird Gulch

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Instability Comment
<p>Wet activity was our major concern Thursday.</p> <p>Pic. 1. Wet slide possibly skier triggered in upper Dry Creek (Not sure on timing.)</p> <p>Pic. 2. Wet activity off the Obelisk during the day Thursday. </p> <p>Seamed like with the warm temps the wind slabs clamed down since the storm. </p> <p>Pic. 3. Possible windslab avalanche at the top of Maybird headwall just off the ridge. </p>

The sun had its way with many aspects Thursday, even at the higher elevations. High south was damp by 12:30. Noticed rollerballs and wet activity coming off my turns on mid elevation, north aspects that were not protected by the shade of pines trees. This was on my exit out whitepine around 1:30. High north seamed to hang in there.