Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
We observed multiple (10+) D1 avalanches throughout our tour. The new storm snow was touchy. We monitored the new snow rates, and would have been concerned if We dug a pit near the headwaters of Lakolaho Creek, on a N aspect, at 6600 ft. We observed no propagation, ECTx, and the fractures we observed in a CT were not planer. We maintained wide margins, only exposed ourselves to non consequential terrain, and intentionally stuck to low angle/ low consequence slopes throughout the tour. We did poke around (dug a put, many "quick" informal pits, some stomping, some probing) to see if we could find evidence of buried SH or a persistent slab problem set up (concerned for a storm slab or a skier to triggered slide to step down to a persistent slab). We did not see any evidence of deeper instabilities on the slopes we traveled on and tested. Shooting cracks observed on slopes where rollovers were present, and on specific terrain features > 35'.
Weather
- Air Temp
- Cold
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Several "pulses" of snow produced enough accumulation to cover our skin track and down tracks throughout the day. The most productive snow accumulation was before early afternoon.
Snowpack
Touchy conditions in the new storm snow.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 3
- Aspect
- S
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 6200 ft
Multiple (10+) avalanches observed on NNW and SW aspects on specific terrain features >35'. The avalanches were touchy, but not enough to knock a skier off their feet.