Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | No |
Avalanche Type | Glide | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
5/4 afternoon and 5/5 mid day tour up to the top of tree line
Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | No |
Avalanche Type | Glide | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
Glide and wet loose avalances occurring at all aspects and elevations on slopes steeper than ~35° throughout turnagain and summit
Two sizable slabs spotted from the road in/near tincan trees Saturday morning
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Overcast Saturday (5/4)
Rain overnight and partly sunny skies Sunday (5/5)
Wet large grains that are very non-cohesive for the top 8-10 cm of snowpack.
CTX
Questionable layers at 10cm, 35cm, and a very scary layer at 100cm that broke cleanly (Q1) when released by a shovel.