Quick report
Instabilities from new snow, wind slab. Multiple point release and soft slabs, see avalanche ob for details. Storm slab/Wind slab was not bonding well to melt freeze crust (1-3 ft in depth)
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
S-1-S1 from 1:00 am-14:00, obscured over Mt Moran, 28f-34f at low elevation
Snowpack
Above 10,000, the height of new snow was 3ft, storm total from the last 3 days, with 8-12 inches of new snow overnight, possible oragraphic micro climate. The upper elevation was stayed in a cloud layer all day. Multiple point release sluffs were coming down from the East Horn and North East ridge. A large soft slab avalanche occured naturally (R2.5-D3) The debris took a substantial amount of time to come to a stop.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2.5 R3
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 11000 ft
SS-R2.5-D3-N