Quick report
- Collapsing
- isolated
Dry snow transitioning to wet on solar slopes led to many loose wet instabilities and slow, heavy, sticky travel.
The snow stayed dry on northerly slopes.
Localized collapses in facets under a thin crust buried on 3/2. Crust/facet combo found above 9500 ft on northwest, north, and northeast aspects.Weather
- Air Temp
- 40s
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Calm, clear spring day with occasional light winds from the northeast. Dry snow is available on northerly aspects.
Snowpack
Average snow depth near treeline: 130 cm.
Old persistent weak layer down an average of 70 cm. Improvement in this layer: see snow profile.
Crust/facet combo buried 3/2 down average of 25 cm on northwest-north-northeast above 9500 ft. Localized collapses, sudden CTM results. No propagation in ECT or PST tests.
Localized cracking in recently deposited wind slabs.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Type
- WL
- Count
- 4
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 11000 ft