Quick report
Two good collapses when we regrouped.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 10
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Beautiful day. Around 12,000ft the wind was just strong enough for light transport.
Snowpack
There was very little for recent wind-affected snow surfaces up to 12,700ft. This made for both excellent riding conditions and snow available for transport. We were mostly on a mission to work on a remote weather station. What avalanche terrain we did travel through along the way remained mostly quiet other than 2 good collapses when we regrouped a couple of times. We dug a quick test pit on a NE aspect at 11,600ft. HS was about 165cm, and the 2/2 interface was down 60cm under a 1F slab. The 2/2 interface here consists of SH around 1cm in size. ECTP 17 on this interface.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Count
- 7
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 12200 ft
Several large avalanches that ran naturally around 2/21. Several other small to large avalanches ran a week earlier, maybe around 2/16. All of the largest and most notable avalanches were triggered by cornices falling or were on wind-loaded terrain features.