Date of Observation: 02/17/2022
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: A few laps at Coney’s. 9,600-10,800 ENE aspects. Started on the standard skin track, but traversed north into the open terrain; climbed the ridge just south of the main bowl.
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: Soft sloughs (small) on everything over 35 degrees.
Weather: Clear skies. 10 degrees at 9AM warming into the 20s by the end of the tour. Light N wind at the ridge.
Snowpack: 5-8cm of new snow on a firm crust. In the steepest terrain (at the top and near the bottom), new snow was sloughing easily. If the terrain were steeper I could imagine the sloughs moving fast and far.