Date of Observation: 01/17/2022
Name: Zach Kinler
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Upper Poverty Gulch to the north side of Augusta. 9,000′-12,000′.
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches: No new avalanches
Weather: Perfect weather for an alpine tour, Clear skies, broke out of the inversion above about 10,000 ft. Calm to light northerly breezes.
Snowpack: Deep. No signs of instability. Probing across a few easterly aspects at upper elevations which had not avalanched previously, I was not able to find the ground with a 300 cm probe and just about broke the probe getting it through the incredibly hard slabs. Surfaces are a bit roughed up on many north through east aspects. Variable crusts on anything tipping to the south.
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- Calm winds at ridge-top and clear skies allowed views all the way to the La Sals of Utah.
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- Impressive Hard Slab debris from the holiday cycle on this relatively low angle avalanche path.
