Avalanche

Scotchman's Peak

Chris BilbreyWest Cabinet Mountains
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

The snowpack in this area is still taking shape. There are several weaker layers that could rear their heads and become problematic with more snow load, additional drifting, or rain wetting surface layers and softening shallowly buried crusts. The most likely places to find trouble now exists underneath ridgelines on northerly and easterly-facing slopes with thicker drifts stacked above one or more faceting rain crusts.

Cracking along the skinner when 12/19 crust was breakable.

Weather

Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
light
Recent Snowfall
14
Snow Avail For Transport
moderate amounts

Overcast and fog. Visibility improved midday. Snow and lowering cloud deck arrived around 2 pm.

Avalanche

Size
D2
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
E
Trigger
N
Elevation
6200 ft