Quick report
North Face of Burro Ridge, several old crowns can be seen in this photo. Second photo is NE off Burro, with an old crown on the left side of the photo.
A steep, deeply wind loaded ESE pocket. Mann's Peak showing evidence of heavy scouring/loading. And a very heavily scoured Mt. Tomasaki.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Still avoiding North and East aspects, all I can say is they need more time. We observed a lot of old natural activity on North and East faces that most likely ran during last week's natural cycle. Most of these slides were off Burro Ridge. There was also an old natural on the SW face of Tomasaki in a wind loaded pocket around 11,200 ft. This is a similar aspect and elevation as the slide we observed five days ago on the West face of Tuk No. We enjoyed safe skiing today on SE, S, and SW aspects. </p> <p>The winds were cranking up high today, easily over 30 mph on the peaks. I think the winds have moved all the snow they can possibly move. Even with today's strong winds, I did not see any snow plumes blowing off any peaks. Plenty of evidence of wind scouring/loading on Burro Ridge and the ridge line between Mann's and Tomasaki. NE faces off this ridge were looking pretty fat. Most wind slabs at this point are old and very hard.</p>
We skied heavy powder on southerly aspects today. Pretty decent snow, no sun crusts encountered today. Snow was a little bit damp at the lower elevations.