Avalanche
View on mapOld Tom Mountain
Luke Nelson
Quick report
Rapid warming in the middle of the day after an east wind died down resulted in snowballing and several wet slabs as cornices from the ridge failed in the heat.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 51
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
Clear skies with warm temps.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- WS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 8600 ft
Rapid warming led to several warm slab avalanches below cornice collapses.