The weekly summary is here. Sunny spring weather brought wet slides, and at a different time, a sprinkle of winter with transportable winds, and the resurrection of persistent slab concerns.

The weekly summary is here. Sunny spring weather brought wet slides, and at a different time, a sprinkle of winter with transportable winds, and the resurrection of persistent slab concerns.

Swing by for the last trailhead day of the season. Kebler Pass TH, This Saturday 4/6, 9am-2pm.
The weekly summary is here. After a few weeks of dealing with low-likelihood slab avalanche concerns and springtime problems, it’s back to winter-like concerns and a new generation of persistent slabs.

MSP is hosting their March Meltdown at the Elevation Hotel deck Saturday, March 30 1-6 p.m. Live music, Jack Daniels drink specials and a drawing for skis, coolers and other great items. The party is free and proceeds to benefit the CBAC.
The weekly summary is here! Bluebird skies and mild temperatures ring in spring, and the snowpack is making its way to diurnal, sunny aspects have a big head start. A winterlike snowpack still exists for northerly aspects, where soft snow surfaces can still be found.

Join us at the Cement Creek Trailhead for Cookies, Coffee, and Backcountry Beta. Saturday March 23, 9am-2pm
Sunday 3/24, 7pm at the Public House 202 Elk Ave. Join us for a panel discussion with past snow safety directors and local legends from the Grand Traverse. Learn about the history of the race, the efforts to keep everyone safe, and all the associated tall tales. Lots of great stories, most of them true!
The weekly summary is here. Easterly winds led to some unusual drifting, and persistent slab avalanche activity has quieted down. The possibility is still there, as shown in a recent remote trigger above the Slate River (pictured below). We don’t have a spring snowpack quite yet, stay heads up.

The weekly summary is here. Backcountry riders are least likely to affect weak layers where the snowpack is deeper. Most recent human-triggered avalanches have occurred in places where the snowpack is shallower, less than 180 cm total depth.

The weekly summary is here. We’ve been bobbing back and forth between blizzard and spring-like conditions recently, with more of this pattern on the way. Snowpit tests continue to show the 2/2 and 2/13 weak layers as the main potential points of failure in the upper snowpack.
