February 16

Porter Fork-Gobblers Knob

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

6200-10400', angles over 35°, north facing aspects.

Snow conditions

Stout rain crust in the a.m. to around 8k.

Variable thin rime crust above that elevation with an inch or so of dense snow capping the crust.

Warm temperatures softened the rain crust by afternoon on all but the most shady aspects.

Best tool for descent, IMHO, snoboard.

Weather

Clear skies, light wind, mild temperatures.

Avalanche activity

None observed in Millcreek.

glides

Two recent creep-glide releases were observed in Broads fork.

glide-one

Larger one was off the mid elevation rock slab south of Bonkers.

bluice-glide

adda extra below the blue ice. Appears to be more recent than observed glide on the 11th.

Evaluation

Future instability would be from any new snow amount, bonding, wind and or warming.

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