Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
Posting this so that anyone interested in heading out west knows what they are in for. Right now is the perfect time to ski here, Skiable snowline was at about 8500', and the road is open all the way to the top which made for only about 1 or 2 miles of walking on the exit. Streams are currently empty so no stream crossings either. Snow was so firm on the 5am approach that it was easier to hike and bootpack on than it was to skin for the majority of the way.
Be wary of the wet loose/glide damage on the cliffs above the couloir.In the first photo you can see a glide avalanche about to drop off a 500 foot cliff right into the cirque.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The Twin Couloirs and their shared apron are flanked by large cliffbands with moderate wet slide/rockfall danger. Was expecting to see more carnage, it's starting but not much yet. </p> <p>Noticed 1 glide avalanche about to release near the peak, likely more lurking. </p>
Shaded spots at higher elevations were still very firm at around 10am, sunny spots at mid elevations experienced moderate warming for good corn on the apron. A decent amount of frozen wet slide debris in the couloir made some spots extra fun.