AVALANCHES: None observed.

WEATHER: Increasing clouds in the pm, light variable winds, intense solar

SNOWPACK: Wet snow surfaces on west and even northerly terrain in trees. Numerous profiles on north to northeast facing slopes revealed two persistent slabs, one 20-40cm deep resting on 10-16mm preserved surface hoar, widespread in areas we dug. The older December 13th slab definitely has lost cohesiveness and no results were observed with compression tests or ECT.

Note able results: 2 x ECTP (17 and 23 taps respectively). SC on the surface hoar on 42 degree wind loaded rollover feature, northeast facing. Other tests preformed found surface but did not produce propagating results.

12mm Surface observed 2.8.15 buried 40cm deep.

ECTPM x2 40cm deep, NE ASPECT, 10,200ft

AVALANCHES: Observed fresh slab avalanche on a convex roll on snodgrass. Possibly surface hoar as culprit? 12″-18″ deep, 60-8oft wide, running 100ft or so.

WEATHER: warm, slight down valley breeze

SNOWPACK:  significant collapsing on flats, shooting cracks 80′

UPLOADS:

Snodgrass

AVALANCHES: Saw avalanches of a variety of sizes all on east facing aspects

WEATHER: sunny, warm and still

SNOWPACK: east and south already sloppy by 10 a.m.
Skied first bowl on skooks, first 10 turns good then turned slabby, punchy until it turned into bottomless for the final third of the pitch.

UPLOADS:

AVALANCHES: Natural slide off SE (ish) face of Redwell observed from Coneys ridge. Assume this is a windslab but it could have been a wet loose slide.

WEATHER: Strong N-NW winds at start of tour, winds ceased in afternoon. Clear skies and very warm.

SNOWPACK: 3-5 inches of dense, wind affected snow over crust. Variable skiing. No signs of instability observed.

UPLOADS:

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AVALANCHES: Observed 11 fresh natural soft slab avalanches on E, SE, and NE aspects above treeline, mostly D1.5, and one D2. Averaged an estimated 1 to 2 feet deep, ranging from 30 feet to 600 feet wide, averaging about 50-150 feet wide, presumably on or above the Jan 30th interface. Ran in the last 36 hours. Also about 10 very small wet loose avalanches on south aspects near/above treeline from steep, rocky slopes.

• 2x SS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Mt Owen’s E/NE face
• 1xSS-N-R1-D1-U on Mt. Owen’s NE face
• 1xSS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Mt. Afley’s SE face
• 2x SS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Mt Richmond’s E and SE faces
• 1x SS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Hancock Peak’s SE face
• 2x SS-N-R2-D2/1.5-U in the Anthracite Range E aspect ATL (wide propagation, 600 feet?, happened today)
• 2xSS-N-R1-D1.5-U off of Scarp Ridge, NE aspect ATL.
• 10x WL-N-R1-D1-S various south aspects N/ATL
• We skier triggered a fresh windslab on a SE aspect ATL. Up to 18″ deep, 30 feet wide, failing on mid-storm DF’s. SS-ASc-R1-D1-S

WEATHER: Moderate winds with strong gusts began to ease midday, with moderate snow transport in the morning. A high of 39 at 10k feet. Thin clouds, few to scattered.

SNOWPACK: Surfaces became moist on SE to SW aspects N/BTL in wind sheltered areas.

1xSS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Mt. Afley’s SE face

2x SS-N-R1-D1.5-U on Mt Owen’s E/NE face

2x SS-N-R2-D2/1.5-U in the Anthracite Range E aspect ATL (wide propagation, 600 feet?

skier triggered a fresh windslab on a SE aspect ATL. Up to 18″ deep, 30 feet wide, failing on mid-storm DF’s. SS-ASc-R1-D1-S

Windslab on east aspect of Red Coon that likely failed naturally on 2/2/15

AVALANCHES: Ski cut 3 soft, shallow windslabs, 3-6” deep, 10-40 ft wide, harmless in size, breaking on mid-storm layers. SS-ASc-R1-D1-S

WEATHER: 3″ of new snow through the day. 20 mph winds out of WSW, gusting to 48 mph. Moderate snow tranpsport; pretty significant loading onto NE aspects off of Scarp Ridge.