Avalanche

Irwin Tenure

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Weather

OVC, max temp 27/17 deg. WSW 15-20 G 30's S1 off and on all day seemed to be more than HST 4"

Snowpack

Graupel all day settled down to good surfy pow skiing. Wind scouring up high on W aspects with moderate loading in E below ridge lines. Wind slabs were unreactive to AS. Isolated basal FC in shaded areas of the cocktail shots. Slabs are getting slightly stiffer avg 4F.

Avalanche

Size
D2
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
E
Trigger
N
Elevation
11600 ft

SS-ASu-R1-D1-O FC (55cm x 8m x 45m) Shaded isolated area with preserved basal FC One natural D2 Ruby chute apron sometime today. With some proper hunting finding isolated PS on basal FC in shaded areas on S aspects BTL