Recent Avalanches? | No |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Skinned up the normal southern up track. 1.5 cm rain-crust overlaying powder. We had planned to snowboard the standard southern gully. Head a whump while laying the skin track from lower shoulder to the top. Triggered one shooting crack. Skied down skin track.
Recent Avalanches? | No |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
One whump on southern face leading up to microdot. One shooting crack on southeastern face at the top of microdot.
Clear skies. 30F
rain-crust overlaying powder
Dug a small pit at the top of microdot on a shallow, southeastern aspect ~35° slope. CTM 15 Q2. Failed on storm slab at 25cm beneath snow surface ( approximately 75 cm from ground).