| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Wet Loose Snow | Aspect | South Southeast |
| Elevation | 3500ft | Slope Angle | 38deg |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | 250ft |
Avalanche: Summit
Location: Gilpatrick
standard. better but still need more snow in alders
Avalanche Details
Wet (moist?) loose on steeper SSE slopes above Dave's and Summit creeks; 100-400' vertical runs
Older snowed over slabs on Butch and Raven; more recent blown in fracture in South Fresno Twin @ ~ 2400', ESE, cross loaded
Observer Comments
Very few really. isolated older small - moderate sized mid-slope slabs partially snowed over,
recent (moist) loose on high angle SE - S slopes at approximately 3500'
Marked wind texture on West facing terrain
Weather
mostly sunny 8*@11am@1350'; calm; some localized pluming from N wind early in day subsided quickly; low cloud working it's way in @ 2000' by 2:30pm; previous SSE wind especially evident on West facing peaks
Snow surface
stellars, some rimed crystals above 1800', 1- 1.5mm SH to 1900', 3mm to 2500'
settled new snow 10 cm;~ 35cm (+/new plus settled powder) over MF crust down 35 cm
Snowpack
1667' East aspect HS 85-90cm, 1/19 (1/10) BSH down 40cm; 11/22 complex @ 20cm from ground; ski pen 15cm
2116' NE aspect, HS 95-100cm; thin crust almost gone down 30-32cm; SH bigger to 3mm
2567' HS varied from <5cm on NE ridge to 230 cm 120 meters away to the south. Wind is a thing
Tested East aspect; HS 190cm: 34* SA, CT21 & CT22@ 45cm down on a column 130 cm tall, failed on 3-4mm BSH;
P to K hard slab below 45 cm, P-1F 45cm - 25 cm down, F surface to 25 cm down
Loose above Dave's creek
Wind is a thing
Butch - older mid-slope
poor photo but showed up in binos
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