Date of Observation: 12/11/2022
Name: Zach Kinler
Zone: Southeast Mountains
Route Description: Up Anthracite Mesa via Washington Gulch TH
Observed avalanche activity: No
Avalanches: No new avalanches observed
Weather: Sunny and pleasant, calm winds.
Snowpack: This is a zone that has seen no traffic so the slab/weak layer was unmolested. I got rumbling collapses in every open area and some areas within the trees. Most often these collapses shook the snow off of trees in the surrounding area. A pit at 10,800′ on an East aspect produced and ECTP13 on 2-3 mm facets near the ground under a 45cm slab up to 1F. Stomped above a couple of steeper slopes with no results however these appear to have avalanched in early December with around 10 inches of low-density snow in the bed surface.
