Name:
Anthony Lubetski
Observation Date:
December 25, 2020
Submitted:
December 25, 2020
Zone or Region:
East Central
Activity:
Location:
Mission peak environs
Did you observe any avalanches?
Yes
Avalanche Type:
Other
Size:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to people
Elevation:
NTL
Aspect:
E
Comments:
Point release from a few days ago caused by snow bombs from tress. Also noticed other small point releases from days prior along cliff lines and in steeper terrain.
Did you see shooting cracks?
Yes, Isolated
Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
No
Pretty substantial crust on most aspects around 6k. Not great travel conditions up or down. Found some pockets of wind drifted snow. SH noted above Clara lake. Snow started falling pretty hard around 13:00 with strong wsw winds.