Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
toured from lot just below fishhook lot up $1000 Run to Hatch Peak ridge. Skied east down ridge and dropped into southern aspect slope.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
There were resent small slides on the lower slopes of Marmot. Small and large collapses were experienced throughout the day on all aspects and elevations. We had a fracture on the slope skied (fortunately the slope did not continue to slide).
Sunny with a light breeze. Temps in the mid 20's at 3000' and high teens at 4500'
Snow in the $1000 Run was wind affected and slabby. North aspects going to the ridge were sastrugi and styrofoam like. South aspects off the ridge were wind affected down to the 3200' level. Most snow near the ridge was blown off with rocks sticking up.
No formal pits but numerous hand pits on south slope showed easy shear of newer snow wind slab releasing on either a hard older wind slab with surface hoar or failing on the old snow surface with near surface facets and surface hoar.