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Mar 26, 2021: shooting cracks were widespread near and above treeline on steep slopes
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021: Small natural avalanche on steep terrain below the rock band
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 24, 2021: Wind slabs continue to build near and above treeline
Mar 24, 2021
Mar 20, 2021: Obvious dust layer on the surface with steep south facing slopes feeling the impacts of the warm temperatures and intense sun over the last couple of days
Mar 20, 2021
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Mar 15, 2021: Another large natural avalanche that ran early Monday morning from the 3 feet of snow and 2.5
Mar 15, 2021
Mar 15, 2021: Crown profile from a large natural persistent slab avalanche on a NE aspect. This avalanche failed on 1 to 2 mm facets around a crust and below the wind packed slab that formed last week with strong winds.
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Mar 11, 2021: Facets are forming below the melt-freeze crust from that formed from last weeks warm temperatures and sun
Mar 11, 2021
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Mar 6, 2021: Shallow snowpack on No Name Peak. It's shallow snowpacks like these that we are finding weak layers that you may be able to impact and are still reactive in extended column tests. These persistent weak layers deeper down in the snowpack can be found on specific slopes near and above treeline on N through E and SE aspects
Mar 6, 2021
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Mar 4, 2021: New and wind drifted snow is forming on a variety of different surfaces from crusts to previous wind packed slabs and near-surface facets
Mar 4, 2021
Feb 27, 2021: Strong winds were drifting snow and creating stiffening slabs
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Feb 25, 2021: Shallow snowpacks like this one below treeline continue to have facets lingering deeper down in the snowpack with settling stiffening slabs on top from last week's snowstorm. These facets have been slow to heal and gain strength.
Feb 25, 2021
Feb 20, 2021: Winds in the 30's gusting in the 50's was easily transporting snow mid-slope on Lake Fork
Feb 20, 2021
Feb 19, 2021: Shallow snowpack like these continue to remain a concern for Persistent Slab Avalanches
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021: Natural Persistent Slab avalanche on the backside of Kachina Peak
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021: Wind slab on the leeward side of a ridgeline in Long Canyon. Winds over the last 24 hours have been stiffening the new snow.
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Feb 6, 2021: Large Natural Avalanches on a West Cross-Loaded slope within the past 48 hours. These avalanches where 2 to 5 feet deep and ran well into the trees just above Williams Lake snapping trees. These avalanches failed on facets just above the ground.
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Jan 28, 2021: Wind loading on E and N aspects helping stress deep persistent weak layers
Jan 28, 2021
Jan 28, 2021: Large natural hard slab avalanche failing on weak faceted snow near the ground. This avalanche more than likely ran in the last 24 hours.
Jan 28, 2021
Jan 27, 2021: Avalanche started up high in the forbidden triangle than swept across the high traverse and down into pass
Jan 27, 2021
Jan 27, 2021: These avalanche paths have run 3 times already this year.
Jan 27, 2021
Jan 25, 2021: Remotely triggered avalanche roughly from where the photo was taken
Jan 25, 2021
Jan 23, 2021: Sneaking up on a slope was able to capture the slope releasing around the corner failing on facets with the newly formed slab on top
Jan 23, 2021
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Jan 19, 2021: North aspect near treeline that we triggered from below. Photo of crown that failed on facets just below the wind slab that formed from the 1/19 storm
Jan 19, 2021
Jan 19, 2021: Wind drifted pillow near treeline on an East aspect. Cracking and collapse as we approached the small slope. It failed on buried near-surface facets just below a wind crust that formed during last weeks wind events.
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Dec 31, 2020
Dec 30, 2020: Another natural avalanche in Long Canyon on an ENE aspect. Most of the recent avalanche activity we were seeing was starting mid path possibly due to the strong winds during the storm. Most avalanches appeared to have stepped down into deeper weak layers.
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 30, 2020: Natural avalanches from 12/29 on a ENE aspect in Long Canyon
Dec 30, 2020
Dec 29, 2020: Avalanche intentionally triggered from where I'm standing
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 2020: Natural Avalanche on Sin Nombre Peak (North Aspect Above Treeline) that likely occurred early this morning between 7 - 8 am when we had 2
Dec 29, 2020
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Dec 22, 2020: Natural loose snow avalanche from 12/21 during the afternoon. Snow was easily able to be entrained to the ground in the shallow weak snowpack from a small point release higher up the slope.
Dec 22, 2020
Dec 19, 2020: Wasn't hard to spot why the skiing wasn't so great. Strong winds continue to build hard slabs in the alpine.
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Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020: Storm snow from last week sitting on top of the weak faceted snow to the ground. East aspect at 11,300'. We had a loud audible collapse on this slope.
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Dec 14, 2020: Triggered from 30-degree terrain roughly 750' from below the crown
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Dec 11, 2020: Steep test slope we intentionally triggered
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020: Natural avalanche that started in the choke running on basal facets
Dec 11, 2020
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Dec 7, 2020
Dec 7, 2020: Natural Hard Slab avalanche over the last 48 hours that happened on a cross-loaded gully on a SE aspect above treeline from the N / ENE winds since 12/2
Dec 7, 2020
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Dec 4, 2020: Just below ridgeline on a West aspect. These slabs are stubborn and not evenly distributed across slopes.
Dec 4, 2020
Dec 2, 2020: Shooting cracks in a small wind drifted pillow
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Nov 25, 2020: Crown from Lake Fork Peak
Nov 25, 2020
Nov 25, 2020: Skier triggered avalanche on Lake Fork Peak. Failed on a faceted weak layer beneath a firm wind slab prior to the storm.
Nov 25, 2020
Nov 24, 2020: nice to have the mountains white again!
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Nov 20, 2020: More snow on North and Shady aspects above treeline
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Nov 10, 2020: Scoured West facing terrain.
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Nov 10, 2020: Sastrugi from recent high winds.
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Nov 10, 2020: Ski penetration was minimal thanks to a supportable rain crust.
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