Quick report
The sun and heat caused a few large slab avalanches and several small loose snow avalanches to release naturally in W-SW-S facing alpine terrain today.
Cracking and collapsing are N/A - roadside observations only.Weather
- Air Temp
- 50 Ketchum, 40ish Galena Summit
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- N/A
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Partly cloudy skies. Light winds roadside. Hot for this time of the year.
Snowpack
N/A
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- HS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- S
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 10500 ft
Three larger slab avalanches (alpine, S-SW aspects) appeared to release today -they are documented in the avalanche occurrence entires. About 15 small (mostly D1) wet loose avalanches released in wind-protected upper elevation and alpine terrain on W-SW-S aspects -see photos below.