The glide release on Pete's South occurred sometime between Saturday Feb 7th and Sunday Feb 8th.
Avalanche: Summit
Location: Lowe Raven Ridge
Parked in the public parking near the cabins on the North side of the lower summit lake, skinned up the drainage between Butch and Raven, and dug pit mid way up Raven Ridge at 1770ft. Skied down from pit location.
On the drive home we noticed many glide cracks on many faces all along Turnagain Pass.
Forecaster Comments
| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | South |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche Details
Glide release seen from road on Pete's South south face.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
Glide cracks seen from road in Turnagain area. No glide cracks seen in Summit region.
Weather
Overcast, very light snow, very light wind.
Snow surface
New snow on a crust at mid elevation.
Warm snowball snow at lower elevations.
Snowpack
At mid elevation snow pit showed many melt-freeze crusts and rain crusts. Current surface is new snow on top of a crust.
In lower to mid elevations ski pole penetration showed a soft sugary layer under the thicker wet snow on top.
Pit Pofile
Pit Photo