Zone: Northwest Mountains Route Description: Scarp Ridge to Peeler Peak and out OBJ basin, traveling on various aspects to 12,200′
Observed avalanche activity: Yes Avalanches: Several more large cornice falls that ran sometime in the past couple of days. An uptick in small wet loose activity today, generally on the southern half of the compass at higher elevations and the most action below treeline on east to northeast aspects. We skier triggered a couple of small wet loose slides on northeast aspects below treeline. Weather: Warm, clear all morning with cloud cover increasing this afternoon. Snowpack: About 6″ of settled storm snow over the dusty storm interface. The snow became wet on all but NE to NW aspects N/ATL and due north BTL. A pit on a SE aspect NTL in Peeler Basin produced propagating results about 2 feet deep down on the 3/30 interface, a faceted crust. There are several crusts in the upper 3 feet of the snowpack that could pose a concern for wet slab issues if we see a rapid influx of meltwater next week. Currently only the recent storm snow is wet and the 4/3 crust remained frozen except for low elevation southerlies.
Photos:
Cornice fall Owen/Purple saddle
Cornice Fall Scarp Ridge
Cornice Fall Richmond
Cornice Falls near Richmond, documented in Sam’s ob. One of these triggered a slab.
Propagating test results on a SE aspect NTL
Wet Loose Rustler’s Gulch
Wet loose on east aspects of Peeler
Skier triggered wet loose on a NE aspect BTL of Peeler
Relative Size: R1 very small Destructive Size: D1- Relatively harmless to people Avg. crown height (inches): Avg. width (feet): Avg. vertical run (feet):
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Relative Size: R1 very small Destructive Size: D1- Relatively harmless to people Avg. crown height (inches): Avg. width (feet): Avg. vertical run (feet):
Involvements
# of people caught: # of partial burials: # of full burials:
