Erickson Ridge

Quick report

Weather

windy, cloudy, warm

Ride Type

cutBlocks, openTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab

We saw several recent cornice falls - some of which triggered slabs below up to size three (See photos). We think these were triggered by the recent warming, rain, and/or strong winds. We witnessed a few small loose wet avalanches running in the space of a few minutes out of extreme east facing alpine terrain. We also saw evidence of old loose wet avalanches up to size 2. A good overnight refreeze of the snowpack would help lower the avalanche hazard, but I would expect with the forecast continued warming (and no refreeze) to result in more natural avalanches being triggered tomorrow.