| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Portage / Placer
Location: explorer glacier
10-12 inches of dry surface snow from valley bottom to the top of the glacier. Underneath the new snow was a slick bed surface.
Steep terrain on all aspects was riddled with wide-propagating crowns where storm slabs failed likely during or shortly after the last storm.
The WSW ridge overlooking the placer valley was very obviously loaded. The glacier itself did not have any wind effect or slab properties.
No signs of instability beyond the recent avalanches. No formal instability tests were performed. High quality skiing.
Obvious signs of instability
surface conditions
very wide crowns on steep terrain on all aspects
wide crowns on steep terrain on all aspects
this lost moose was resting in the middle of a large crevasse field around 3000’