November 23

Fall semester of school is near the end!

I needed a walk in the mtns. Didn't get my "conceptual" photo but...

wporterpass

I did spot a coupla recent slides.

wporterpass-zoom

The pictured slope is just southeast of West Porter Fork pass.It is east facing.

raymond-slabs

Another small slide was observed below the "piece of pie" in the Raymond slab drainage of Porter fork. Same aspect.

Shallow crowns, likely the result of a little cross loaded wind drifting from the easterly wind.

Both slopes get sun during the day even at this time of year, so they go through a warming-cooling cycle, which has a tendency to weaken faceted layering.

Assignments beckon.

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