Kern creek area to 3300′. We noticed a large glide crack on the south face of Berg Peak. We saw lots of old rollerballs and wet loose debris on low elevation terrain. They were present on non solar aspects so they likely happened during the warmup on 3/11. We also saw wet loose debris on  [ Read More ]

We started on the highway and toured up to about 2350 ft. Our objective for the day was to measure snow depth and SWE at mid to high elevation. Skinning up through the forest was challenging on the icy shallow snow. We encountered lots of surface hoar at about 1500-1800 ft of elevation right at  [ Read More ]

Crow Creek area up to 4000′  [ Read More ]

Toured up to treeline in Crow Creek area to try and find surface hoar and see how much new snow had fallen in the past 2 days.  [ Read More ]

Toured up to the crown of a large recent avalanche that ran down to crow creek and powder blasted a nearby house. We dug a set of pits on the way up to evaluate whether it was safe to approach the crown. After completing a crown profile we descended on the bed surface. On our  [ Read More ]