Avalanche

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Weather

SCT this AM but mostly BKN skies, max temp 25/10 deg. SW 10-13 G 20's. HST: 19.0"/1.45" SWE

Snowpack

Good stability overall and the new snow bonded well to old surfaces. Wind and storm slabs were teetering between reactive and stubborn and not running far, non destructive up to 8" at most.

Avalanche

Size
D1 R1
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
W
Trigger
AS
Elevation
11700 ft

One storm slab SW aspect SS-ASc-R1-D1-I. X 3 Wind slabs W aspects N/ATL cross loaded features. SS-ASc-R1-D1-I. NE face of Owen wind slab SS-N-R1-D2-I approx 8-12" X 300' X 400' and a another small D1 wind slab off the Dyke.