Recent Avalanches? | No |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Splendid weather.
Recent Avalanches? | No |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
One whumpf was observed, multiple 1-3ft shooting cracks.
New snow, increasing density with elevation, mixed cloud and sun, -6c at the car at 9am, low to no wind.
New snow is fairly dense, which increased with elevation, mostly in the alpine. Lot if pillowing on open faces. There is a small 2mm crust on the surface of the new snow.
Performed ski cuts when entering slopes and jumped on cornices, didn't get any results. Roughly 25cm of ski pen below 3200 ft, about 15cm above 3200 ft. Observed some natural avalanches on the north face of Government Peak that probably occurred during the storm.
Lots of wind effect on the east face of Government Peak.
Wind scoured surface on the north end of Government Peak.
Hard to see, but there are large debris piles towards the right end of the photo. There were also 2 small pockets (maybe 10m x 10m) that released in between the 2 cliff bands in the right of the photo.