Date of Observation: 04/04/2021
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Location: Snodgrass TH
Avalanches: See photos. Continued large wet activity. Numerous D1.5 to D2.5 since yesterday’s visit to the same location at 4 p.m. Some may have run late yesterday, most likely ran today. In shallower terrain, there were more wet loose gouging to the ground and a few pulled out narrow wet slabs. Otherwise, more surface sluffs.
Weather: Mix of sun and clouds may have kept surfaces a bit cooler. Warm temps, calm winds below treeline.
Snowpack: Poor refreeze. Ski and boot pen was to the ground this afternoon on below treeline slopes.
Photos:
- D2s on Schuylkill Ridge. E/NE aspect
- Fresh D2 wet loose on Bellview (south aspect)
- Several deep gougers on Gothic (SE aspects)
- D2 wet pile off of Red Ridge (SE aspect)
- Numerous D1 wet loose on NE aspect of Scarp Ridge
- D1.5 to D2 slides off of Scarp Ridge, one broke as a narrow slab (east aspect)
- D1 to D1.5 dirt stains overlapping with yesterday’s D2 dirt stains (SW aspect)
- A bunch of tele skiers keeping slope angles mellow this afternoon. Nice job.
- D2 to D2.5 wet slabs, SW/W aspect of Red Ridge
- D1.5s on Peeler Peak (East)
- D2 Rustler Gulch (SW aspect)