Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Austen BeasonObservation Date:
December 18, 2021Submitted:
December 18, 2021Zone or Region:
West SouthActivity:
DrivingLocation:
Glacier Hill, Mt RainierObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
Well below treelineAspect:
NWComments:
Multiple wet loose slides starting off/near cliff bands and running 100-200’. Several WL-D1/R1-N-SSigns of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
1-2” of rain on snow below 5000’ in the Mt Rainier zone, freezing rain and graupel above 5000’. 8” of new snow in 24 hrs at 1.5” swe at the Paradise snow study (checked at noon today).
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