Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | West |
Elevation | 3600ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | 7in | Width | 200ft |
Vertical Run | 600ft |
Standard uptrack to 3200′. Looking around before the next storm.
Survival skiing!
Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | West |
Elevation | 3600ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | 7in | Width | 200ft |
Vertical Run | 600ft |
Hippy Bowl - see photos
Below Common uptrack -see photo
Small wind slabs on Seattle Ridge
Piles of new debris visible below 3 of the N Sunburst chutes
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
See avalanche details for Hippy Bowl and see photos
Small avalanche below Common uptrack - see photo
Small wind slabs on Seattle Ridge
Piles of new debris visible below 3 of the N Sunburst chutes
Mostly sunny in the morning trending toward full cloud coverage by 3p. Temps 37-28. Calm winds increasing in the late afternoon.
Recent rain + warm temperatures impacted the snow surface up to ~2700' creating areas with rain runnels, but mostly only penetrating the top 1/2 - 1 inch of the snowpack. Above 2700' conditions varied from wind board to 6" of powder.
3200' on SW aspect adjacent to Hippy Bowl.
HS 110cm
CT failed 15 cm down under wind affected snow and 40 cm at a hardness change. Not reactive in the ECT.
ECTP22 (Q2) on the Veteran's Day facets. 105cm down over melt freeze layer.