Date of Observation: 01/18/2023
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Climbed up the NE face of Snodgrass to the top of “Abbey Lane”, then gained the ridge to the top of “Fourth Bowl”. We dug the snowpit there, then skied down to Gothic road.
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches: No avalanches. Minor sluffing of the most recent storm snow, between 2 and 5″, during skinning.
Weather: Overcast with some sunshine peeking through.
Snowpack: 210cm deep snowpack downslope of a large tree at the top of 4th bowl. See attached image.
Performed a compression test and observed no failure, although snow only compressed until the layer at 150cm.