Observation Date: 01/21/2018
Route/Location:
Northern bowl of “Mini Gash”
Weather:
Sunny, with increasing light cloud cover (kept most snow surfaces cold/dry)
Wind:
Calm SSE winds didn’t seem to be transporting much snow
New Snow: No New Snow
Avalanche Activity:
We got a teeny bit of wet slab activity on a steep E aspect rollover at 7200′ on the Thurs/Fri storm snow interface (8″ or so). Less steep and higher elevation aspects didn’t seem to be seeing any surface warming
Other Comments:
Piggy-backed on another party’s pit at 8300′ ENE aspect, obtaining similar results
CT 9 Q2 @ ~15cm
CT 19 Q1 @ ~50cm
ECTN 23 @ ~50cm
Observer: Ben Johnson