Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Troy via eaglecrest. Observed unstable snow w instability increasing through the day. Low density new snow: one of us caught a ski on a buried tree: hidden obstacles still accessible under light snow!
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observed small point releases. Hand pits failed before blocks could be isolated. Sluffs started propagating on test slopes in the later afternoon. One test slope propagated the full length, 20-30 yards across. Saw remote triggers as well.
Low density new snow