Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Toured up SE shoulder of Marmot to dig pits in similar terrain to the large avalanche that occurred on 3/26.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Widespread collapsing and shooting cracks anywhere from a few feet to 40+ feet, especially on SSE-SW aspects, where gentle warming had consolidated the new snow into a more cohesive slab.
Calm to light wind
The surface snow still mainly remained dry. Some moist surface snow/and or radiation recrystallization observed on S-SW aspects steeper than 25ยบ.
Conducted numerous tests in several pits, and obtained remarkable consistent results. See pit for results.