Quick report
Walked into Upper Bear Creek and did a driving tour in the foothills of the East Cabinets to search for crowns, debris, or any other evidence from the natural avalanche cycle that took place during last weeks historic atmospheric river.
Flat lighting made it tricky to see these features from a distance, but I was still able to find and photograph several avalanches throughout the day. I observed the full gamut of wet snow problems: Loose Wet, Wet Slabs, and Glides. I've attached photos of some of my findings to this observation.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 45
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- not observed
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
The morning started cold and clear with broken valley fog. As the fog disipated, high cloud cover moved into the area early afternoon and remained for the rest of the day. Moderately windy this afternoon with some strong gusts out of the west. Temperatures at low elelvations was in the mid 40s most of the day. No precipitation fell today.
Snowpack
My travels kept me off of the snow today. Average snow line across the entire range is about 5000 feet. And many south and west facing slopes are completely bare as high as 6000 feet.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2.5 R1
- Type
- HS
- Count
- 6
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 7000 ft
Full gamut of wet snow avalanches observed. All believed to have occured last week during the historic atmospheric river. Pictures attached