| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Summit
Location: Tenderfoot
Up to 2900′ on Tenderfoot, and a few runs on the NW aspect.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Numerous small D1 loose snow slides originating around 2500-3000' in elevation were seen on neighboring peaks, on generally south and east aspects.
A recent slab avalanche was observed on Moose just north of the communications repeater on the map, with a crown ~500 yards across - depth unknown - wrapping around a gully and incorporating both West and South aspects. Estimated D2.5, running most of the slide path - see photo below.
Rollerballs - covered in a few inches of snow - were present between 2000' and 3000'.
Weather
Mostly cloudy throughout the day with occasional valley fog. Temperature 32-28, with a light north wind above treeline.
Snow surface
At 1500': Height of Snow (HS) 30cm. 4cm of moist powder on top, over a 6cm 1 finger hardness crust, then wet melt forms to the ground.
At 2000': HS = 40cm. 8cm of dry powder over a 3cm, pencil hard melt freeze crust. Wet melt forms to the ground.
At 2500' in a wind-protected location: HS=75cm. 15cm of dry powder over a 3cm, 1 finger hardness crust. Under that, 20cm of wet melt forms, then a 1cm melt freeze crust over moist melt forms to the ground.
Above 2500' in wind exposed areas, highly variable snowpack, with observed HS ranging from 5cm to 110+cm to 2900'. A minimum of one crust was always present, over moist or wet snow to the ground.
The crust was generally supportable for skis at all elevations. Rain runnels present below 2200'. Skied surprisingly well!
Crown on Moose, as mentioned above
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