Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
2'-3' of new/ recent snow above 5000'. Lots of evidence of current and recent wind transport. Limited visibility today with an occasional sun break. Moderate to occasional strong W winds at ridgetop in the pass area.
Avalanche
- Size
- D3
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 5500 ft
Triggered a small (D1) slab on a north aspect very near the top of Excelsior Pass, right at the ridge top. Triggered from below while traversing. Max depth was about 2', about 50' wide, 30' tall. Photos below. More notably, observed a very large (D3) crown from a recent avalanche on the ridge trending east from the pass. Observed during a brief clearing in the weather. Crown extended over 1/4 mile, across terrain features, with a depth estimated at 2'-3'. No photo, but I heard others might have gotten one, check other obs.