Zone: Southeast Mountains
Location: Mt Emmons
Date of Observation: 12/20/2020
Name: Travis Colbert
Subject: A few feet off the skintrack…
Aspect: North East, East, South East, South
Elevation: 9,300-12,300
Avalanches:
Remotely triggered (intentional) ENE slope by taking two steps off the skintrack where the slope steepens and the trees thin. D1, but flushed through trees. Observed a natural D1.5 on an east-facing slope across Redwell basin.
Weather: Clear, steady WNW winds at the summit.
Snowpack: Fresh windslabs in RL bowl forming just below the ridge at the summit. Lots of collapsing off the skintrack along the ridge. Glades were recycled powder up high, becoming crusty down lower. Redwell basin looked thin and wind-hammered.
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