Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | Southeast |
Elevation | 2500ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | 6ft | Width | 200ft |
Vertical Run | 800ft |
Quick outing to Seattle Ridge to take stock of any recent avalanche activity. Only recent slide noted was on Seattle Ridge, see below.
Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | Southeast |
Elevation | 2500ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | 6ft | Width | 200ft |
Vertical Run | 800ft |
New glide avalanche release across from the motorized parking lot around 11am, March 26th. This was the left side of a glide crack whose right side avalanched around 3/8. Photo below.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Recent glide avalanches, otherwise no red flags.
Overcast, Breeze NE winds, Temps in the mid 30's at 1,000'
Soft wet saturated snow below 2,000'. Hard crusty old snow above 2,000' to 2,500' which was our high point.
Left side of this path ran today. The older slide on the right side of path was from around 3/8.
Glide avalanches across from the motorized lot.
Glide avalanches looking North from the motorized lot along Seattle Ridge.
One very large glide crack is just looker's left of the snowmachine 'up-track' on Seattle Ridge