Name:
Kyle Wyatt
Observation Date:
February 9, 2023
Submitted:
February 9, 2023
Zone or Region:
Mt Hood
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Pea gravel ridge
Did you trigger any avalanches?
Yes
Was it intentional?
No
Avalanche Type:
Wet Loose
Size:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to people
Elevation:
5900’
Aspect:
SW
Comments:
Small wet loose, skiing near treeline @ 13:30
None reported
Skiing into the newton drainage on old wind effected snow. Ski quality was great, the sun did not have to much effect on that E NE aspect. Much different story on more sun exposed aspects. Heavy and wet with a few wet loose avalanches on our decent into Heather drainage.