Quick report
Cold morning temperatures and some unexpected cloud cover kept the window open for rideing dry powder snow:
- Isolated slopes facing east and south had warmed enough to wet the the surface snow. Easterly slopes were refreezing around noon.
- We found soft and hard slabs of wind-drifted snow on the South side of an alpine ridge. Slabs did not crack under our feet.
- We noted many small loose dry point releases that ran yesterday afternoon. One may have triggered a small soft slab.
- We triggered several small but long-running sluffs on a steep west-facing slope at upper elevations.
- Snow was still in the trees as we exited the area at 3 pm.
The clouds cleared as we drove off. I suspect slopes facing south and west got their dose of sunshine after all.
See avalanches.Weather
- Air Temp
- 20
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 20
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Clouds increased through the morning into the afternoon. Started to break again at 3pm. Light southwest wind.
Snowpack
20 to 70 cm of new snow since 4/1 on top of late March crust and wet snow. Unsupportable crust at/near the surface on slopes exposed to recent northeast winds.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- NL
- Elevation
- 6500 ft
Many small loose dry point releases on steep rocky terrain from pm sunshine 4/3. One small slab avalanche possibly triggered by a sluff. Triggered a small but long running loose dry.