Quick report
Great day for a tour in the middle fork. We found excellent boot top powder on upper elevation slopes that faced north and northeast. Dry snow survived above about 6000’. Not a ton of ammo loaded for the wet avalanche machine in this area. At least not as much re ent snow as reported elsewhere in the region. We observed rough 2-3 inches at low elevations and 5-7 inches at upper elevations. Our high point today was ~7200’. We were surprised by the lack of natural loose wet activity today on sunny slopes. We attribute this to cold temps up high, and sporadic cloud cover that intermittently shielded slopes from the intense April sunshine. Most of the natural avalanches that we did see were D1 in size. Some natural dry sloughs that ran more than a thousand feet would classify as a D2 in size. The sun certainly did its work to leave behind a breakable crust on sunny slopes by late afternoon, but it wasn’t enough today to initiate any significant slides from what we could see in vicinity. Would expect to see a bigger shed tomorrow or Sunday with the current forecasted temperatures and cloud cover. Skier triggered loose dry sloughs on upper elevation shaded slopes exceeding about 35 degrees.