Little Washington Shoulder (Treeline)

Published

Dec 18th, 2021 12:00 PM

Joe Schwartz

Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

49.762820, -125.306550

Quick Observation

Out with an Island Alpine Guides group near Mount Washington. Great powder skiing on supported, mellow treeline terrain. Avoided steep open convex features. No natural avalanches observed. One small size 1.0 skier triggered avalanche observed (see tab) Test profile (see tab).

Avalanche Information

Cliff huck to skier accidental. Limited propogation, limited run length.

Snowpack

Moderate shear (RP) down 45 on thin temperature crust. Hard RP shear down 90 above crust/facet laminate (suspect some SH as well).