From email: "Skied in Sheep Creek today. Still a little lean. Surprised to only see one D1R1 soft Slab on steep north facing slope. No other avalanche activity seen on Miller Mountain, Mineral, Sunset and Republic Mountain. No cr/co."
It only took 20 minutes of skinning before we triggered a small avalanche in a terrain trap from a flat bench above. This slide (R3 D1) broke 150' wide, about a foot deep, and filled the creek bed below. Photo: GNFAC
It only took 20 minutes of skinning before we triggered a small avalanche in a terrain trap from a flat bench above. This slide (R3 D1) broke 150' wide, about a foot deep, and filled the creek bed below. Photo: GNFAC
It only took 20 minutes of skinning before we triggered a small avalanche in a terrain trap from a flat bench above. This slide (R3 D1) broke 150' wide, about a foot deep, and filled the creek bed below. Photo: GNFAC
We triggered a small avalanche in a terrain trap from a flat bench above in Beehive Basin. This slide (R3 D1) broke 150' wide, about a foot deep, and filled the creek bed below.
I slid down the ridgeline between Truman and jones creek on Friday. Dug a quick pit where Alex likes to dig on the wnw aspect of the shoulder next to the main path. Melt/freeze at the ground about a foot thick, ten inches of loose facets on that, and a wind crust topping it 1-4 inches thick. And 5 inches of new snow. I skied the ridge down and the old drifts were supportable but intermittent. Eighteen inches of faceted snow in between that made for challenging skiing. It will be interesting to see what 2 inches of swe will do
