February 28

Porter Fork, Raymond glade, Mill A, Raymond slabs

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

6300-10300', angles over 35°, all aspects.

Snow conditions

Lower elevations were crusted in the a.m.

Upper elevation sun exposed softened in a timely manner remaining so into early afternoon.

corn-snag

Upper elevation shady wind sheltered retained soft snow over crust.

Lower elevation shady remained firm all day(wear your earplugs).

Weather

Clear skies, light wind, mild temperatures.

Avalanche activity

My records indicate 4 avalanches on the face of Gobblers.

This one(hard to see, I know) ran between the 24th and 27th, leaving a good sized debris pile.

Debris was observed in the main gully 2500 vertical feet from the ridge.

winded

The face has also suffered extensive scouring.

scouring

Another glide in the Diving Board area of Broads Fork.

glide-slide

Ran a little further than previous, over running my skin track from the 23rd.

glide-zoom

Safe travel is timing and technique dependent.

Evaluation

Good stability in the area traveled.

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

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