Sawatch

Avalanche

Jeremy Primmer · Jan 22, 2022 · Sawatch

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Weather

Winds shifted since last night and there was moderate loading on easterlies.

Snowpack

Windslabs on westerlies were generally soft, 4 finger hard. We noticed minimal cracking but heard one wumphf from an isolated pocket . The winds shifted and we saw loading on easterly slopes. We saw one small wind slab that slid on SE aspect near the treeline. Above the treeline we found an unreactive snowpack. Digging into a east facing slope we found a total snow height of 127cm with 15cm of facets at the bottom of the snowpack. The facets were unreactive in an ECT, a deep tap test, and in a PST we got a result of 100/100.

Avalanche

Small wind slab that failed on a SE slope near treeline. Unsure if it was natural or human triggered.