| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Chugach State Park
Location: South Fork Eagle River
Quick lunch break lap to South Fork Eagle River. Whiteout conditions up in the alpine could not see anything above Hunter Pass at around 2pm.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Active snow transport in upper elevations.
Weather
27°F at 12PM at TH. Low clouds
Snow surface
About 2 -3 inches of snow. Never stopped snowing during my tour. Variable depth of soft snow on crust from 1-2 inches up to 6-8 inches in collection zones. Enough to enjoy a few turns without hitting the crust in the gullies bellow treeline.
Snowpack
Dug a quick snow pit that required effort to break though a stout melt freeze crust 5cm down and a thick cluster of rounding facets beneath it at about treeline at 2700'
HS 215cm
ENE Aspect/ 31° slope
CT 9 Q3 5cm down
ECTN 9 5cm down
This snowpack seemed to have started a transition to spring with clustered rounding facets beneath a stout melt freeze crust. A little deeper around 125cm down you could find sugary snow in that location. But I only got results deeper the snowpack (40cm and 125cm) with shovel shear test
Low clouds
Localized shooting crack