Quick report
I am not unsurprised by my observations. Given the weather, I had assumed that the high mountains would have experienced some sort of avalanche cycle. I have noted/reported the largest slides, but I could see signs of wet slides, rapid warm up roller balls, and rain impact on all aspects where there is snow, so in this zone roughly 8,700' and above. No face was unaffected. Of note for me, however, was the Frances Point slide. I was impressed by the amount of propagation given the low amount of snow even down among the rocks lower down. When the snow comes, I will be thinking of this release as I could see myself riding in and around (or under) the type of terrain at FP. Moving forward, there may be lingering touchiness in spots up high with potentially high consequences.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5
- Count
- 3
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 9600 ft
This was the largest slide of the bunch. It appeared from my vantage that nearly the entire face ripped.