Steamboat & Flat Tops

Avalanche

CMC AIARE Lvl1 · Feb 7, 2016 · Steamboat & Flat Tops

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Weather

Mostly sunny, moderate west winds, 8900ft, skied NNW facing slopes

Snowpack

south facing 150cm snow height, north facing 170cm height. snow pit results ECTP x3 in hard loading steps down ~50cms in south facing pits. ECTX in north facing pits. CT results failed mostly down 50cms with medium and hard loading steps. Two prevalent sun crusts about 10cm apart down 40-50cms on south faces. South faces had 2cm thick crust on top.

Avalanche

Small wet slides observed on due south face @ 8400ft in main Soda drainage. Est 60-80ft long by 2-3ft wide along cliff band.