Date of Observation: 12/11/2021
Name: jeff banks
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: 9600-10,800
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches:
Weather:
Snowpack: Dug on SSW-W-N aspects 9600-10,800
SSW-SW: Storm snow well bonded to the ground & itself, unreactive (HS 60cm, Fist to 4F, block sticks to leaves & grass when pried off)
W: Storm snow well bonded to thin crust on the ground, unreactive.
Shaded by Evergreens: Also well bonded to melt freeze crust. Occasionally, small, isolated pockets of facets and the storm slab was poorly bonded but small ski length cracks underfoot.
N: Wind loaded, shooting cracks traveling ~20 ft