Quick report
Good skiing above 7400 on 2 plus inches of new snow on a crust... recent solar induced cornice fall and wind slab avalanches beneath cornice just large enough to injure and bury a person likely happened towards end of the stormTuesday.
No cracks or collapses,Weather
- Air Temp
- 24
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- Not Observed
- Recent Snowfall
- 3
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Clear and Warm with full Sun, mostly Light SW wind with gusts into the moderate range.
Snowpack
Pretty stable snowpack capped with new soft 1 finger powder on a rain crust and or crust combinations in the upper foot depending on solar influence/aspect . One pit had moderate to hard ECT results 20cm below on small surface hoar. Facets and preserved stellars. Temps may cook this layer as the difference was only 1 degree C 30 cm below the surface.
Avalanche
3 solar induced Cornice falls and wind slab underneath D2&D1 NE on Lone Tree NNW aspect, above Poison Lake, East aspect and Council Mountain NE aspect.