Quick report
I went for our a tour off of the resort to get eyes on the alpine and see how the wind was affecting surfaces over the last 24 hours. Abundant evidence of wind transport was present, including active blowing snow and many affected surfaces (some stripping, some loading, some windboard, some sastrugi). Ski tracks BTL that were present yesterday on northeast-east aspects were completely obscured by new/blown snow today. Heavy wind noted throughout my tour, especially NTL, with active transport on the ridges noted almost every time I looked up from the skintrack. The best skiing was BTL and in sheltered areas with tree cover, with new snow ranging from 20cm to 80cm in depth throughout my tour. One natural avalanche noted in the Negatives. No other instabilities reported. I traveled cautiously and was rewarded with soft turns.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 10800 ft
natural avalanche, looks to have failed during the storm