| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Eddies
We toured up to about 2400′ and skied a couple laps on SW to NW facing slopes. Stability was good, but we did get a small (10-20′ wide, 2-6″ deep) fresh wind slab to release on a steep rollover at about 1800′.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
We got shooting cracks on steep, wind-loaded rollers between 1500' and 2000' on west to southwest aspects. We also got one small pocket of wind slab to release, but it would not have been big enough to bury a gopher.
Weather
Rain at the parking lot at 1030 this morning quickly subsided. Skies gradually cleared during the day, but the sun never quite poked through at Eddies. Calm winds up to about 2000', where they picked up to ~15 mph.
Snow surface
About an inch of recent snow on top of a breakable crust up to around 1400'.
6" soft, bouncy snow at the surface 1400'-2000'.
Various wind-scaped snow above 2000'. (See photo)
Snowpack
The most recent snow covered up a layer of surface hoar on top of the 12/28 rain crust, which goes to 1400'. The surface hoar probably goes higher than that, but it got hard to discern once that rain crust disappeared.
Signs pointed to good stability, and we did ski some short steeper slopes. Main concern was fresh wind slabs as noted.
Debris from a small skier-triggered wind slab avalanche. 01.05.2021
Snow depth was variable above 2000'. 01.05.2021