Steamboat & Flat Tops

Avalanche

Eric Haskell · Dec 8, 2018 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Overcast to obscured in a.m., very light to light snow and light southerly winds - visible light snow transport. Broken skies, no precip., and calming winds in p.m.

Snowpack

Collapses on western and northern aspects from 9,400ft to 10,600ft. Hasty pit in meadow on western slope at 10,400ft had 85cm of snow and result of ECTP 15, 55cm down, above 2mm facets. Cracking on northerly wind rolls - about 12cm of soft slab - and evidence of small wind pockets that had pulled out from past week. Jumped on top of steep northerly slope with no result.

Avalanche

None observed.