Quick report
Snow was wet and cement-like, with rollerballs observed on steeper slopes. Soft loose pockets of fresher wet snow were found in on all observable aspects. Old wet activity could be spotted near the seracs and some rock (and potentially wet) debris off of Horseshoe rock area. Elliot Glacier experienced consistent rockfall along the ridges triggering every couple of minutes. Rockfall was observed of all sizes, some bowling ball size and bigger.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 60
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Above freezing overnight, moderate NE winds on the 15th picking up to strong/extreme on the 16th.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- WL
- Aspect
- NE
- Elevation
- 10300 ft
Avalanche observed releasing near The Chimney terminating in the upper region of Elliot Glacier. Avalanche track was roughly 100 ft widening to roughly 250 ft. No significant rock entrainment observed