NE Facing Slopes Below Pulpit Peak
Quick reportflagler.grant · Apr 21, 2021 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, wet
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Temps of -5 at road at 7:00am. Steady rise to +2 at 2200m by 9:30am. Surface snow had become moist prior to skiing out. It was definitely the day to get out early and be done early. Evidence of several loose wet avalanches to sz 1.5 and two notable persistent slab avalanches (sz 2.5?) in the area on S/SW aspects. Persistent slab avalanches likely triggered by cornice fall in areas with a shallow snowpack. Loose wet activity had begun on east facing slopes of Pulpit Peak around 10:00.
Weather
HS = 220; Weather data taken at 855 std.
Snowpack
Upper pack consists of several buried crust layers that are remaining strongly bonded to date; mid to bottom of pack well consolidated.