Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
A LubetskiObservation Date:
January 23, 2021Submitted:
January 23, 2021Zone or Region:
East CentralActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
MissionObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet SlabSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
NTLAspect:
NEComments:
Probably from 1/12 storm. Would be total bummer to have been caught in these slides.Photo:
Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Weather: bluebird and slight westerly winds
Widespread surface hoar (3mm or larger). Abundant active wind transport of surface hoar. Seemed like lots of areas had surface hoar grow and blow away only to be replaced by more surface hoar! Lots of remnants of slides from the 1/12 storm. Some reasonably crowns were over 12”.
Pit test resulted in deep planar failures on 21 and 28. As has been the case lately, does not seem likely that one would set off an avalanche but if you did manage to trigger something it would most likely have catastrophic consequences.
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