Mt Wash West side

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Ryan Shelly · Feb 18, 2019 · East Island

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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