Avalanche

Tamarack Peak

Adam ButterfieldEast Slopes North
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Quick report

Cracking
widespread

Wednesdays storm brought the first significant event to the eastern part of the zone in a while. Although wind slabs formed that evening, the avi problem was relatively shallow and did not produce a large scale cycle. JDL seems to be getting buried deeper in this zone as well and harder to find.

Observed active loading and cracking in the afternoon.

Weather

Cloud Cover
obscured

Few clouds in the am with calm winds. By mid day the storm came in along with moderate to strong SE-E-NE winds and precip.

Snowpack

Observed signs of active wind slab formation and small reactive wind slabs on leeward aspects Wednesday afternoon. Dug in one location where the JDL was hard to find. The FC/Crust from a temp and high pressure event a couple weeks ago was present and produced RP results 50cm down.

Avalanche

Dry loose on steep slopes in the morning and small wind slabs on unsupported lee features.