Sawatch

Avalanche

Anonymous · Dec 16, 2021 · Sawatch

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Weather

Intense wind loading above treeline on to easterly slopes. Very little loading NTL or BTL.

Snowpack

Collapsing and cracking on most northerly and east-facing slopes. BTL still thin. Near treeline there are thick slabs on northeast and east near ridgetop. Above treeline westerly are stripped. East and northeast look heavily loaded from recent west winds.---I dug on southerly slopes and found a very thin snowpack on due south. HS of about 30 cm. Southeast was a little deeper with a thick melt-freeze crust at the ground and small fist-hard facets on top. The slab on top was about 30 cm thick. I got results of ECTP15 but no collapsing or cracking observed on southeast.

Avalanche

Surprisingly there were no fresh avalanches from today's wind or from yesterday's wind.