Date of Observation: 12/08/2022
Name: Rob Strickland
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Glady.
Noticeable crust under last night’s snow. The higher we got the more the crust was evident. We could see icicles hanging from the pines about 10,000′ so it must have gotten pretty warm up there.
Skied quite nice regardless
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches: I kicked the fresh cornices over the east ridge and it looked soft and had no signs of instability.
Lower on the southerlies I was able to kick off a small wind slab on a road cut.
Weather: windy, snowy, dark. When the doughnut whole comes back it will be much better ;) but it was kinda burly for 21* (haha)
Snowpack: 2″ – 4″ more