Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
We did a quick tour in the Mt Judah area this morning. Cold air temps and bright bluebird conditions with calm wind as we started our tour. On our climb we saw signs of recent wind transport including yesterday's drifted in skin track and some surface scouring. Medium sized cornice has built along the Judah ridge line, some of it brand new and sensitive looking, along with signs of wind loading below it. We saw at least two small natural wind slab avalanches. One in the north judah bowl was approximately 100 feet across and looked to have failed yesterday, and was partly drifted in with new snow. The second was in the south bowl, was smaller and more recent. By 1030a our turns on an east facing lower angle slope were causing significant roller balls, and the snow surface was noticeably warming. Snow in the trees and on slopes not directly exposed to the morning sun remained cold. By 1130a winds had increased and skies were mostly cloudy. People were skiing all over the place, and we did not see any signs of skier triggered instability. Isolated natural D1 wind slabs along Judah ridge line.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 8100 ft
Isolated natural D1 windslabs along Judah ridge line.