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Mar 14, 2024: Exaggerated faceting crusts on a shallow NW aspect near treeline.
Mar 14, 2024
Mar 14, 2024: East Aspect near treeline. Near surface facets about 35-40cm deep failed on easy force in this spot. Significant snow and wind during the present storm will likely cause natural avalanches on this layer.
Mar 14, 2024
Mar 9, 2024: Faceted crusts are developing on solar aspects, such as this West facing slope near treeline. These weak layers will be a primary concern during the impending storm.
Mar 9, 2024
Mar 9, 2024: Buried near surface facets beneath a 50cm hard slab, East aspect near treeline
Mar 9, 2024
Mar 7, 2024: ECTP 3 on buried near surface facets that continue to remain weak in the upper portions of the snowpack. This is on a NE aspect near treeline.
Mar 7, 2024
Mar 7, 2024: This is a 140 cm snowpit where deeper buried weak layers that have plagued us all season continue to remain weak. On northerly aspects the last 10 days of high pressure has produced widespread near surface faceting in the upper 15 cm of the snowpack. This layer will become troublesome when it gets buried.
Mar 7, 2024
Mar 7, 2024: Near surface facets and faceted crusts remain very weak in the upper portions of the snowpack. These are the most likely weak layers to trigger an avalanche.
Mar 7, 2024
Feb 28, 2024: Charlie and my skin track from over a week ago on No Name peak is the only thing left on the skiers left shoulder. This was powder skiing in 100 to 150 cm snowpack last week and is now down to bare ground.
Feb 28, 2024
Feb 28, 2024: Obvious wind drifted pillows on east aspects
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Feb 8, 2024: Snow profile at 11'5k below treeline, North aspect, wind-sheltered terrain
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Feb 4, 2024: Several natural avalanches on an ENE aspect over the last couple of days during the beginning of February storm.
Feb 4, 2024
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Feb 3, 2024: Snowpit @ 11'2k. New snowfall from Feb. 2-3 storm.
Feb 3, 2024
Jan 26, 2024: Snow pit in a cross-loaded, West facing gulley near treeline. Note the differences in depth of the weak layers.
Jan 26, 2024
Jan 25, 2024: Snowpit profile on a NE aspect @ 11,3k HS 135cm; ECTP 28/ECTP 30 on December facets 57cm below surface
Jan 25, 2024
Jan 20, 2024: Snowpit Profile @ 10,9k near Middle Fork Lake, SE 144 degrees. The profile showed a hardening slab atop significant weak layers. Column testing gave a result of ECTP12, breaking on the 1-2mm facets that formed around New Years.
Jan 20, 2024
Jan 19, 2024: Recent large natural avalanches in the in the last couple of days near treeline on East aspects in Long Canyon. This terrain seems like the sweet spot with recent loading from strong winds over the last couple of days and still a shallow enough snowpack to impact weak layers deeper.
Jan 19, 2024
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Jan 17, 2024: Natural Avalanche (Size 2, estimated) on an East slope near Fraser Mountain
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 12, 2024: Natural Avalanche on an E/NE slope
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Jan 9, 2024: Storm slabs formed over fragile near surface facets that formed during the week long high-pressure before snow starting falling 1/4
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024: NE aspect where a larger avalanche that started up top above the rock band deposited debris into the flats. East/NE aspects are continuing to load with west wind today into tomorrow.
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024: A small storm slab avalanche below treeline on a NNE aspect
Jan 9, 2024
Jan 9, 2024: Moderate W winds were easily drifting snow at upper elevations today. With stronger winds forecasted tonight and tomorrow expect more transported snow.
Jan 9, 2024

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