Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 13°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>It is spooky out there, MANY recent avalanches. While sitting here I can count 16 avalanches I could see today. From what I could tell the all occurred during or recently after the storm.</p>
As expected we pulled and ECTP14 at 52cm up from the ground on 2-3mm well preserved facets below a 1f cohesive slab.
Below I will include a number of avalanche photos from the recent avalanches we have seen. Many are at mid and upper elevation on N-E-SE facing slopes. But there are a couple that are at low elevations near roads. To see more there is an observation from the 28th with a deeper dive into a larger avalanche.
1: Low elevation N avalanche
2: SE avalanches around 9700'
3: Low elevation road cut
4: Avalanche connecting through road cut, E 10,000'
5: NE avalanche 9600'
There are other avalanches to see out there.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This PWL is no joke. Very well preserved facets about 50cm off the ground have the ability to connect terrain in an impressive way. This combined with a heavy PNW style slab on top has lead to widespread avalanches and continued instability.</p> <p>We saw evidence of old wind slabs that had released below cornices. We also watched these being filled in though out the day. </p>