Quick ride up into the Placer Valley and into Squirrel area to see how what the New Year’s crust looked like and any other surface issues like wind slabs or sluffs.  [ Read More ]

Rode from the Ingram parking lot over to the toe of the Skookum glacier and up into the bowl on the south side of the drainage. High point around 2,700′. Creek crossings are much more frozen that a week ago.  [ Read More ]

An older large natural avalanche was seen on the west face of Comet Peak above Squirrel Flats. This area is on the east side of the Placer Valley. Avalanche is believed to have released sometime during the tail end of the Dec 9-10 storm. It was seen on Wednesday (Dec 15) from the air. Thank  [ Read More ]

Flying back through grandview the glide cracks and glide avalanches are really impressive. There isn’t much terrain that doesn’t have a glide crack on or above it.  [ Read More ]

Large natural avalanche seen from the road. 1- In Placer Valley on the east side. This slab ran over the common up-route to Squirrel Flats 2- In 20-Mile on the west side of the drainage. Large slab with lower propagating crowns in you look close.  [ Read More ]