Toured from below the Crow Pass trailhead to the top of the Southeast couloir of Magpie. Snow conditions were general right side up and stable, with several centimeters of fresh powder on top. Snow fell throughout the tour, and visibility was generally poor.  [ Read More ]

We took the normal route up the cat road to check out the snow at mid elevations. Digging on a NW aspect @ 1522 ft we had results of a CT10, CT20, ECTX, PST 50/100 end. We didn’t observe anything new in the area that hadn’t been reported on already this week, but there was  [ Read More ]

We toured up to about 2300′ and enjoyed some low-angle pow. We saw some large recent avalanches on Goat and A1, which appeared to have released sometime on the tail end of the 12/9 storm. Most of the area at and below treeline was sheltered from recent winds, but the upper elevations and surrounding areas  [ Read More ]

Toured up the Notch. Winds increased above 2000′ Big reactivity on specific areas. Shooting cracks and soft slabs. Pit results @2283. TSH=250 cms CT6 22 cms down on the new/old snow interface. ECTN14 47cms down, where it looks like the old BSH. Stubborn layer below, but full propagation 92 cms down, at the facets above  [ Read More ]

Cruised up the road to the Crow Pass trailhead, negotiated the creek and made our way up to the top of the alders in the Magpie bowl. Descended without incident, ski cutting a small test slope with productive results.  [ Read More ]