Date of Observation: 12/28/2021
Name: Cosmo Langsfeld

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Cement Creek Ranch

Observed avalanche activity: No
Weather: 5ish inches since 5pm Monday. Windy.

Date of Observation: 12/27/2021
Name: Travis Colbert

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Standard skin-track up the east side of Snodgrass from the main parking area.

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Most of the steep NE terrain along the ridge from the weather station to the end of the road had run naturally. 80-100cm crowns and flagging high on the large spruce trees.
Weather: Light to moderate snowfall and strong SSW winds in the open terrain. Quiet in the trees with knee-deep, low density powder!
Snowpack:

Date of Observation: 12/27/2021
Name: Andrew Breibart

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Washington Gulch TH to SW Slopes less than 30 degrees.

Observed avalanche activity: No
Weather: Overcast skies with S-1 snow. Winds were variable with strong gusts.
Snowpack: No whomping or shooting cracks. Boot pen: 15 inches; Ski pen 5 inches. Skin track in unprotected terrain had filled back in.

Date of Observation: 12/27/2021
Name: billy barr

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Gothic
Weather: Sunday was cloudy and very windy all day long with off and on very light wind driven snowfall. This continued through most of the night with wind gradually slowing then letting up around 5 a.m. Currently obscured, but no wind with light snowfall. There was 4″ new snow and 0.37″ water- lighter density since picking up a few hours ago. Snowpack is at 40″. High temperature was 25F and currently the morning low of 13F.

Date of Observation: 12/26/2021
Name: Than Acuff

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Kept it in the trees on NE aspect on western end of SE zone.

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Nothing new from ones already documented.
Weather: Blowy and snowy. Quite pleasant in the trees though except the one tree bomb on my melon.
Snowpack: Dense but fun and sprongy skiing in terrain no steeper than 30-degrees. Snow was fairly well protected in the trees only densified (is that even a word? It is now) by the wind, warm temps and littered with pine needles. Ski pen 8-10″. Did skin up above road on SW aspect across small, steeper pitch. Ski pen much deeper and got a sizable collapse but did not see any shooting cracks in the ground blizzard.

Date of Observation: 12/26/2021
Name: Jeff Banks

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Avoided the Critical Danger Zones from the Bulletin by skiing SW Aspect BTL

Observed avalanche activity: No
Snowpack: BTL SW Aspect, No Signs of Instability on slopes <30º

A little time on Flats & Shady aspects with 3 whumpfs

Impressive wind transport:
Wind Tunnel Effect at Valley Bottom from the North
Saw our tracks from 2 weeks ago emerge at ridgeline after this storm’s snow was ripped away from the West

Date of Observation: 12/25/2021
Name: steve banks

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Up Red Lady skin Track, down the Glades

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Adding to Evan’s observation….I kicked a cornice from the ridge line at 11,600 and knocked off a loveseat sized chunk. This did some weird propagation dance to the Southeast (down ridge) then up to the steeper wind loaded upper road cut area. Ran surprisingly far down into the lower benches with a large powder cloud.

Noted several very large avalanches on Axtel as Evan mentioned. Pics aren’t great, but added them below. Looks Like 4th and 5th bowls went big. Debris below 3rd bowl looks like Wang Chung flushed.

Also had a mega roofalanche in town.

Weather: S1 from 10 am till noonish with light SW winds. Then dramatic clearing and notable warm up with less wind after noon.

Snowpack: The new midpack is rather supportive with the most recent, drier snow on top making for good riding. Ski pen off the skin track was about boot top. Below 10,800 on a South facing slope the sun was warming the surface noticeably.

Date of Observation: 12/24/2021
Name: jeff banks

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: skied in the forest up to 11K Shady & sunny aspects

Observed avalanche activity: No

Snowpack: Flat & Shady aspects were rumbling w/ facets at the ground collapsing

SW-W No signs of instability yet. Serious trail wallowing with men of girth and no cracking.

Date of Observation: 12/25/2021
Name: Andrew Breibart

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Hiked warm springs trail from Cement Creek ranch to the intersection of Walrod.

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: On an east facing slope on a spoon-shaped feature in Walrod drainage, I observed one D1 and two D0.5 avalanches that slid within the last 24 hours. Both were One D0.5 and the D1 look to have been wind loaded, while a separate D0.5 appears to have been sympathetically triggered from the other D0.5. Both D0.5’s lie below a cornice. The D1 lies downwind of a tree tunnel. I could not see any debris from my vantage point as I stayed out of the Walrod drainage.
Weather: Mostly cloudy transitioning to few clouds. Winds were light.
Snowpack: Generally, HS is 85 cm with about 25 to 30 cm of new snow. Stayed on slopes less than 30 degrees and heard whumps every now and then. On ski out in the saddle between Warm spring Trail head and Middle Cement Creek trail, had one 3 meter shooting crack.

Date of Observation: 12/25/2021
Name: Turner Petersen

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Seen from 135

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Barcelona bowl natural during the storm. N Face above tree line breaking to the ground.
Weather: Likely during storm.
Snowpack: PWL