Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
- Collapsing
- widespread
Widespread natural cycle below treeline on all aspects. Avalanches in the most recent storm snow could grow large on longer slopes and avalanches failing on early January weak layer certainly would be dangerous.
Cracking everywhere due to low-density storm snow about 14 to 18" deep at 2 pm. Loud collapses on east to northeast-facing terrain on Jan 5th drought layer.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Heavy overnight snowfall and moderate to heavy snowfall in the morning and early afternoon. Storm totals since Saturday evening were likely more than 2 feet at 2 pm. Moderate winds with strong gusts at ridgetop.
Snowpack
Touchy weak layer in the new snow that was hard to miss with the relentless cracking. Loud collapses on northerly terrain indicated that the weak facets buried on January 5th remain sensitive and slab thickness is now several feet thick.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R2
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 6
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 9000 ft
Widespread natural avalanche cycle below treeline failing in the recent storm snow. Easily snowmobile-triggered a small bank above Kebler Pass Rd in the early afternoon. About 13 avalanches reached Kebler Pass Road; most were harmless or small in size with one large debris pile as snow mounded up on the road surface. Poor visibility obscured terrain all day...I suspect many other natural avalanches occured and grew much larger than those pictured in this observation.