Quick report
Natural avalanche activity looked isolated in distribution for this area. There were still many areas that looked like a hot, wet mess of a snowpack. Northerly-facing slopes on Axtell and AMR look hard, wind-hammered, and often have the exposed ice lens from the February rain event.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Clear sky, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds increased in the afternoon.
Snowpack
The ice lens is extensive across much of Mt Axtell and AMR on northerly facing slopes. The February crusts seem to be really limiting wet avalanche activity where they exist. Mid- to low-elevation easterly and southeasterly-facing slopes looked like a hot, wet mess. I suspect westerly aspects were similar.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- WL
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 11000 ft
Natural avalanches in the area were isolated in distribution. The avalanche activity I observed was wet loose avalanches, and some gougled through the snowpack, entraining more snow as they ran.