| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Pete's
Toured up Pete’s South to 3800′ and dug a pit on a N aspect at 3750′. Then we skied up to 2800′ on Pete’s North to take a look at the south-facing aspects and found the sun crust just starting to soften at about 4:00 p.m.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
There were a lot of wet and dry loose avalanches that had occurred in the past few days. No signs of activity from today.
Weather
Partly cloudy skies with increasing sun in the afternoon. Winds were light out of the west.
Snow surface
Dry for most of the day, with 1-3" of very low density dust on top of firm surfaces. The sun crust was starting to soften into moist snow by around 4:00 p.m. We saw small rollerballs, but no wet loose activity.
Snowpack
From our pit at 3750' on a N aspect:
*pit was dug in a wind-loaded pocket.
HS: 400 cm
ECTP10, ECTP11 on a layer of stellars buried about 8" deep.
ECTN13 on a layer of rounding facets 18" deep.
Recent (not from today) wet loose activity on Pete's North. 04.01.2021