Crow Creek above Glacier Gulch, within view of the homes at the end of the road. Stated goal was to practice pits and observations. Hiked to about 1260ft to a protected spot to dig a hole. Warm moist surface conditions with new snow falling.  [ Read More ]

Out for a quick lap this afternoon. I was surprised how much shallower the snowpack is here compared to Turnagain. It’s clear the 11/29-30 storm skimped this area, with only 6-10″ snow on top of the Thanksgiving crust. This will be an important piece to keep in mind once that layer gets buried deeper.  [ Read More ]

Toured up from Crow Creek Rd. Dug pit at around 4,000ft on a roughly Southeast aspect. HS was 109CM with about 20cm of 1mm basal facets. Relatively upright snow pack with only small incongruencies. Facets seemed to be rounding and were moist enough to make a loose snowball. Pit results were CT12 @97cm, CT17 @77cm,  [ Read More ]

Natural glide avalanche release Saturday afternoon.  [ Read More ]

Standard uptrack to the lower bowl adjacent to Raggedtop, deep fluffy trail-breaking up until the windy SE ridge to the upper bowl. Took the wind scoured ridge up to the higher bowl below the Raggedtop where the wind calmed down and conditions were once again pleasant. The higher bowl was mostly sheltered from the northerly  [ Read More ]