Quick report
Skied from the summertime TH up the E ridge summiting by 11:00. Observed rimed surface conditions post Tuesdays (May 21st) storm. Wind protected aspects softened in the sun and corn was skied around 11:30 in the NE bowl from the summit. Surface became softer as we decreased elevation and snow became sticky on solar aspects around 6500ft. Typical springtime wet loose avalanches observed. Likely occurred during peak temperatures on a warm day sometime earlier this week. Overall the diurnal cycle has yielded a stable snow pack with some wet surface instability as temperatures rise.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 51
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Snowpack
Stable spring snowpack minus the wet surface instabilities as temperatures rise.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Type
- WL
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 8700 ft
Wet loose from rapid warming, small and slow moving sluffs, easily avoidable but large enough and entraining enough snow to sweep a skier over a terrain feature.