Northwest Avalanche Center

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Observation Details

Name:
Luke Wright
Observation Date:
May 10, 2023
Submitted:
May 10, 2023
Zone or Region:
West South
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Mt. St Helens

Signs of Unstable Snow

None reported

Observations

Stable conditions across the board today - we descended at 11am and found excellent corn skiing.

Summit crater cornices are extremely deep and several have significant moats melting out - expect there will be a lot of collapses during this warm wave. Pictured is the bench where people generally approach the crater rim, you can tell the cornice is several meters deep but doesn’t appear so at all on approaching it from below.

Media

Public Field Report: Mt. St Helens
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