Large avalanche visible from road.  [ Read More ]

Portage Pass to Bard. Firm wind hammered crusts on most aspects at lower elevations. The cold temps have done a decent job faceting these crusts and riding quality was decent. Soft snow at 3000′ on protected aspects.  [ Read More ]

We rode up to the Squirrel Flats area above the Placer Valley today on a hunt for the buried weak layers we saw on Seattle Ridge yesterday. We saw evidence of some big avalanches from last week’s storm, but did not find any concerning persistent weak layers in either of the two pits we dug.  [ Read More ]

Snow machined up towards squirrel flats/ hob knob. Made the ridge line. At the ridge we saw a large old cornice break that may have triggered a slab. Hard to tell because it was snowed over. Due to the cornice avalanche we stopped and dug a quick pit.  [ Read More ]

Photos of several natural avalanches and one sled triggered slab that were passed along to the avalanche center. This is from the Squirrel Flats area that sits just above the Placer Valley. Photos all taken Thursday, January 4th, by Jeff Dennis. Thank you for getting us this info!  [ Read More ]