Quick report
There are many old wet loose avalanches from the recent rain event that likely occured on Saturday. These avalanches were on multiple aspects and locations throughout the terrain. Overall these looked to be small (D1) but I also did not have the best view of the larger terrain features. While I was out today I did not see any cracking or experience any collapses.
All the avalanches looked older than 48 hours.Weather
- Air Temp
- 41
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- 7900
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
The day started out overcast and in the afternoon clouds became broken. Winds were strong from the southeast.
Snowpack
At the lake (6,300ft) I measured 19" (50cm) of snow. At 7,000ft I found the snow depth to be around 59" (150cm). I dug a pit on a north facing slope at 7,100ft. The height of snow was 70" (180cm) and I found the upper snowpack to be wet from the recent rain. The mid snowpack has rounded snow (1F) and the lower snowpack had a thick crust layer. I did find some weak snow (rounding facets) at the base of this pit as well. I performed a deep tap test on this weak layer and got a DTH (sudden collapse) down 170cm on 2mm rounding facets (4F). I did not find any weak layers in the upper or mid snowpack.