Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
Although very early season with most of the approach not having enough snow to slide/if any, light snow was easily moved by wind and stacking loads on top of a frozen ground layer Very early snow conditions, a frozen layer at the ground from early rain/melt freeze earlier in the week. Most areas did not enough coverage or snow to slide. The gulley west of gunnysack 1 had considerably windloading on the N and S aspects (all the early snow was deposited in the gulley) Wind loaded layers were cracking
Weather
- Air Temp
- 30s
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 6
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Persistent wind at higher elevation with recent snowfall. Some light flurries day of
Snowpack
Ground layer was frozen in most places, with wind loading present at higher elevations
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R2
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AF
- Elevation
- 5500 ft
1 individual caught in the SE aspect slide, went for a considerable ride down (500ft) before coming to a stop. Not enough snow to bury them.