Mt Wash West side
Quick reportRyan Shelly · Feb 18, 2019 · East Island
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- wet, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab
Managed to initiate some small ski cut size 1 slab avalanches down 30-40 cm on a facet /melt freeze crust interface. Faceting has taken place within the upper 50cm of the snowpack. Also had a sudden Planar moderate result during an extended column test on the same facet/melt freeze crust At lower elevations , the temperature rose above zero degrees and the facet/melt freeze interface became easier to initiate