Avalanche: Summit

Location: Summit Lake Area avalanche activity

Date:

November 13, 2018 4:23pm

Observer:

Alex McLain

Route & General Observations

Saw numerous loose wet avalanches, wet slab avalanches, and a number of slopes with roller balls present. Sunny and temperatures in the mid to upper 30’s this afternoon. Most avalanches were on West and South facing slopes but avalanche activity was observed on all aspects including North.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Most avalanches were D-1 wet point release but there were a number of D-2 wet slab avalanches as well. 1 glide crack observed on Templeton AKA Creator West aspect.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Sunny warm temperatures.

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