Avalanche

Norms Big Peak

Jack Peabody
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Quick report

Widespread natural and human triggered roller balls during the day, but couldn't get any snow to entrain with them. Peak WL activity seemed to be the prior day with the sun.

Weather

Air Temp
above freezing
Cloud Cover
broken
Wind Loading
previous
Rain Elevation
6,000
Recent Snowfall
trace
Snow Avail For Transport
small smounts

Light- mod SSW winds throughout the day. Above freezing temps, high RH. Brief breaks ion the cloud coverage, but generally overcast day.

Snowpack

4-10 inches of new snow above a firm crust from 6k to 9k. Snow below 8.5 was moist on all aspects, and solar aspects below 7k were wet when exiting the field.

Avalanche

Numerous recent d1 WL avalanches from the previous days