Date of Observation: 02/27/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Ruby Range, Schuylkill as viewed from Double Top

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Adding a few more large avalanches that ran during the latter half of the storm

Date of Observation: 02/27/2022
Name: Phil Ott

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Standard Anthracite Skin Track

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: No new unreported Avalanches.
Weather: Bluebird, 23F,
Snowpack: Observed no instabilities as we traveled up the skin track, stepping off often. Dug a pit on a 30 degree NNE slope at 10760, this area was on the leeward side of trees and likely was more loaded with a HS of 295cm. F from 295cm down to 240cm, 4F from 240cm to 200cm, F to bottom of pit. We noticed a dirt layer that can be seen in the pic. We got a result of ECTP23 at 200cm (95cm from surface) SP Q1, the block slid out an inch or two and was very clean.

Date of Observation: 02/27/2022
Name: Zach Kinler

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Town walk

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: D1.5 wet loose avalanche ran at 4:00 pm on a SW aspect below treeline on Mt. CB.  A dozen or so D1 wet loose slides also ran around Red Ridge area S to W aspects NTL, and a couple of D1s in the Terminator Chutes, SW to W aspects.

Date of Observation: 02/27/2022

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Red lady skinner, observed from the top

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Widely propagating and long running slide in Redwell looks very recent. Pic from 1:23 pm

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Viewed from Mt. CB

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: A few more recent slides. See photos.

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Anthracites and Bellview as viewed from CBMR

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: More from the cycle. See photos.

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Mt. Axtell, Peeler Basin, and Schuylkill as viewed from Mt. CB

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: More of the same from the cycle. See photos

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Whetstone, viewed from Mt. CB

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: See photos

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: West side of Ruby Range, Anthracite Creek, and Anthracite Range as viewed from Kebler Pass Road.

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Documenting a few more D1.5 to D2 avalanches from the cycle. The west side of the Ruby Range was relatively quiet at upper elevations, either because winds erased evidence or just never built slabs.

Date of Observation: 02/26/2022
Name: Zach Guy

Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: East Beckwith. Traveled on N to NE aspects to 11,500 ft.

Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Remotely triggered a slab avalanche that broke 2 feet deep on the sandbox layer from about 50 feet away. Documented a pile of natural avalanches that ran during the storm up to D2 in size that fit the pattern of what we’ve been seeing so far. See photos and details below.
Weather: Clear, light winds.
Snowpack: Snowpack continues to produce frequent signs of instability below treeline, with numerous collapses and shooting cracks on skis and tree shaking collapses on snowmobile. Slabs below treeline are 55 to 60cm, up to 4F hard, above Fist hard 2mm+ facets. As we gained near treeline, the snowpack quieted down. Pits at 10,700 and 11,500 did not produce propagating results. Slabs were up to 85 cm and 1F hard over 1-1.5mm 4F facets at our high point.