May 8
Area:
White Pine, Lake peak.
Elevations, slope angles and aspects:
7500’-10900’, angles to 40°, northerly aspects.
Avalanche activity:
None observed during travel. There had been fairly extensive new snow wet activity yesterday and the day before.
Point release wet slides overrunning tracks on Red Baldy.
A wet slab on White Baldy from the warming during the last week in April.
A closer look.
Slopes skied:
North facing Lake peak.
Snow surface and conditions:
Crusted snow from parking area to the summit of Lake peak, with a few turns of dry powder thrown in off the top. Crusts softened in a timely manner. The new snow has not cooked down leaving a crust of 1-3 inches overlying up to 10” of somewhat settled damp to dry snow. Snow cone snow found after softening. at mid elevations.
Weather:
It was a beautiful bluebird day. Moderate temperatures and light wind from the south.
Evaluation:
White Pine bridge had a foot of snow on the railings May 5. Today it was melted, the bridge barely had a cover, mud was found beyond the bridge in the shade.
That’s settlement.
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