Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Skied from below bird pass towards grizzley bear lake, beautiful weather.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Loose snow slides on all aspects
4 inches of new snow on Mar 9 and 10, light winds in the valley floor, but significantly windier up high with obvious flagging off peaks on the southern side of the valley.
4 inches of light density snow on a variety of snow surfaces, anything unprotected had mix of sastrugi and other wind effect aspects that received sun had suncrust
Dug one pit at approximately 2200ft, on a east slope with no results under wind slab there was a variety of facets, and crusts, throughout the valley.