Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2957 m
- Slope Angle
- 27°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Observed Slab avalanches on Millie Peak N face most likely produced by resort control work. While winds were observed as light we did observe wind slab formation on lower dog bowl ridge SW. Collapsing on mid elevation slope in trees bellow dog lake. 2nd Collapse noted on NW aspect off of Dog lake ridge @9660. Still seeing poor snowpack structure: Weak Basal facets. Thanksgiving crust pencil hard above facets. 1 F layer above crust. All suspect</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Still seeing poor snowpack structure: Weak Basal facets. Thanksgiving crust pencil hard above facets. 1F layer above crust. All suspect Dug a pit @ 9660' NW aspect on 26degree slope. CTH(SC) @ 20CM from ground. ECTX: Observed propagation @ 46cm just outside the standard loading steps (3 extra taps). </p> <p>Observed wind loading on SW aspect. </p>
Good turning conditions. Loud pow indicative surface faceting. Deeper boot deep ski pen in open areas. Shallower ski pen in the trees.