| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Girdwood
Location: CPG powder cabin
Roller balls on solar aspects, crown line above steep cliff on nor side of bowl, South aspect. Estimated 2-4 ft crown.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Recent avalanches and debris on most aspects from the last storm.
Weather
Light winds, warm temps, mostly sunny.
Snow surface
Melt-freeze crust on recent snow, tricky skiing! Wet, heavy snow underneath.
Snowpack
Dug a pit on a small test slope, n-nw aspect, 2100', 32 deg slope. HS:230 cm. Performed two extended column tests, forest of which failed with quality 1 shear, popping out with energy 60cm down, on the old- new snow interface and the buried surface hoar from before this storm. ECTP-19Q1SP60CM. Second test in same pit was similar propagation but column did not pop out. ECTP-23Q2RP60CM. Obvious slab sitting on old weak snow that would take force or the right trigger but would be very large and dangerous.
Result of first ECT. failed 60cm down, sudden planar.
Closer shot of surface column failed on.