Quick report
Todays clear weather allowed us to have a clear view of the overhead hazards in the Railroad Creek drainage and appreciate the cascades of wet snow that continue to peel off steeper slopes. Travel conditions were wet but tolerable, and in the afternoon we began to observe rollerballs and pusher piles on the hot solar aspects. We continued to observe large wet loose piles thundering from ridgelines all the way to valley bottom. These piles were primarily observed on North aspects of Copper and Greenwood mountains, where there was still significant snow
Weather
- Air Temp
- 50
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- 8500
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Hot and sunny! A reprieve from the rain from previous days.
Snowpack
Although not actively raining, the snowpack was considerably less wet than previous days. There was still considerable moisture and slush, but it has already begun to dry out. Ski Pen 20cm Boot Pen 40cm. The day was warm and sunny, and we were able to deliberately push piles in the afternoon
Avalanche
- Size
- D2
- Type
- WS
- Count
- 3
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 7300 ft
Thoughout the day we observed active and previous avalanches across a myriad of aspects. Although there were some producers on the South aspects of Martin Ridge we traveled on, they were mostly limited to drainages that still contained enough snow to move.