Avalanche
View on mapTsaina Corner
Gareth Brown
Quick report
Found a variety of wind affected snow ranging from knife hard unreactive wind slabs to wind stripped slopes that were breaking down and faceting due to diurnal temperature swings. The only protected snow was found at the bottom 50' of the slope in pockets. 1mm surface hoar was observed at valley floors and 200' up the slope then quickly dissapeared as snow surfaces became more wind affected.
No signs of instabilityWeather
- Air Temp
- 18
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- 1800
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Clear calm and inverted. -10 at valley floors, 18 above at 4k.
Snowpack
Found mid and upper snowpack to have good strength and structure. ECTX. more detail in snow pit profile.
Avalanche
Full depth hard slab observed in W-NW facing basin that failed during 1/30 natural cycle. Crown at 5600', ~2000' in length, and ~2 meters deep