We saw a few small wet loose avalanches release on east and south aspects.
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Spokane Creek
Toured up Spokane Creek and skied into the bowl between Pete’s S and Pete’s N. We were pleasantly surprised by the dry surface conditions on northern aspects above 2000′.
Observer Comments
Weather
Mostly sunny with a few high elevation clouds. Warm temps, especially in the afternoon and in the sun. Calm winds.
Snow surface
There was a very supportable roughly 6" thick crust below 1500' that softened to corn skiing in the afternoon. Above 2000' the snow surface was very aspect dependent. With breakable or supportable crusts on everything except north aspects. North aspects had roughly 3-6" of dry and loose snow with some surface faceting and a layer of 2-3 mm surface hoar at upper elevations.
Snowpack
We did not dig any formal snowpits today. Our snowpack assessment was mostly based on monitoring the surface crust conditions, looking for rollerballs and wet avalanches, and checking for lingering wind slabs at upper elevations.
Old dry loose avalanche debris on northern aspects.
Old wet loose avalanches on steep south aspects.
More wet loose avalanches on the SW aspect of Granddaddy
We were pleasantly surprised to find dry snow on low angle NW aspects in the valley between Pete's S & N
A fresh layer of surface hoar on northern aspects at upper elevations.