| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Goldpan
Great snow, cold powder, some sun. Around +50 skiers/riders enjoying the Goldpan/Superbowl area today. On steep south faces, we initiated a couple small localized 10’x10’x6″ wind slabs that did not propagate but did entrain more sluff. Otherwise, skier initiated sluffs also entrained enough snow to potentially unbalance a skier/rider.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
On steep south faces, we initiated a couple small localized 10'x10'x6" wind slabs that did not propagate but did entrain more sluff. Otherwise, skier initiated sluffs also entrained enough snow to potentially unbalance a skier/rider.
Weather
Broken skies. Approx -8c on average. Some winds with lightly blowing snow on exposed ridgetops.
Snow surface
About 10cm new snow, depth varied depending on wind effect. About 15-20cm ski penetration with no crust underneath. Surface snow was low density. Surface snow sluffed and entrained more snow, stopping on the apron. Also, kicked off a couple small 10'x10'x6" localized wind slabs that did not propagate and caused some sluffing.
Snowpack
No surface hoar observed. No formal instability tests. We observed lots of surface snow sluffing on steep south faces, and a couple small localized wind slab avalanches that did not propagate and entrained sluff.