Quick report
With our spring riding season taking shape, we have had multiple days of warming temperatures, lots of sun and wind, and overnight freeze/melt layers appearing in our snowpack. Our test results in our observation pit were very stubborn, however, we did see several wet loose avalanches on east through southeast aspects today. Wet loose avalanches are possible with continued warming weather on east through Southwest aspects. Caution should still be taken in those areas with slopes above 30°. Starting your ride early and ending before the snow pack has a chance to soften up in the afternoon is recommended. There are also still hidden persistent week layers in the shaded wind loaded areas on the north through northeast aspects.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 40
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Snowpack
Observation pit performed at 10,879 feet, on a wind loaded eastern aspect, on a 28° slope near medicine Bow Peak in the snowy range. An extended column test was performed with no reaction until a final hit after test finalized. Snow pack was one finger hardness throughout the entire depth of pit with the exception of multiple small individual four finger layers.
Avalanche
We saw several wet loose trigger point avalanches along the eastern face of Medicine Bow Peak