Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Daniel MacDonaldObservation Date:
December 21, 2022Submitted:
December 21, 2022Zone or Region:
Mt HoodActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
“TDH w Views” Pics/Data Updates + Ski Out ObsObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
OtherSize:
Size 3: Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few treesElevation:
6800’Aspect:
SComments:
Corrected Aspect (Generally southerly, though highly likely also a SE-facing steep gully wall akin to same day, similar elevation Timberline/White River obs) and Elevation (6800’ from 8800’ which was either a typo or brain freeze from rushing a very cold mid-tour obs…on that note, if it were possible to update obs submissions, would submit more mid-tour/pre-6pm “in progress” versus post-6pm/day after…). Also including original (annotated now) pics since forgot marking them up on iphones hurt resolution. Finally including up close pics of Mirror Basin/TDH ridge D1 slides that I obtained during the descent.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Normal skinning on the as-of-recently ungroomed trail leading to TDH summit broke through the thick (likely rain) crust a couple inches down and helped me decide to not tackle breaking trail back up from Mirror Lake but exit via the hikers trail instead. That said, I was surprised to find that my weight did not really punch through the crust anywhere on the descent of mainly north-easterly aspects down to Mirror Lake trail and on the whole skied fairly well - albeit in a fairly defensive manner on/under steep, NTL, no canopy slopes bc of those PWL concerns - and wo concerning indicators like whumping or (shooting) cracking. That said, every time pushed a pole in and moved it around, it was kinda spooky. Including some images of that too.
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