Date of Observation: 12/18/2022
Name: Evan Ross
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Various Aspects, primarily between 10,800ft and 11,800ft.
Observed avalanche activity: No
Snowpack: Informal observation, just traveling through the terrain.
Gladed westerly facing slopes around 30 degrees produced several shooting cracks. Skis were punching through the slab on hard turns.
ESE-facing slopes gave no obvious signs of instability with snowmobiles jumping and bouncing around on low 30-degree terrain next to steeper slopes. Felt really easy to get sucked into more aggressive terrain given the lack of obvious signs of instability.