March 5
Area:
Mill B south-Broads
Elevations, slope angles and aspects:
6000’-10800’, angles to 40°, north, east, west and northwest.
Avalanche activity:
crossing the summer hiking trail,
Dromedary shoulder northeast facing, south bcc twin east facing, blue ice east facing and several pockets west facing cross canyon from Bonkers in Broads.
A new slide from yesterday offa the rock slabs above the Diving board northeast facing in Broads.
Slopes skied:
Northwest facing shoulder of Dromedary out Broads.
Snow surface and conditions:
Coverage was good from the s curve all the way to the shoulder of Dromedary and back down Broads to the traihead. Snow had settled enough that even though it was very warm, no icing, no encyclopedia salesman snow was encountered, even at lower elevations in the sun. Wet activity was not noted, other than a few rollers. That had not been the case the day before as indicated by the diving board slide. On the slide path up the shoulder of Dromedary, northeast facing, 10-12” of settled snow was found, over the bed surface of the slide from middle of last week. Well settled snow on both the northeast and northwest facing from upper to mid elevations, damp below at the lower elevations of around 8500’.
Weather:
Another scorcher, until afternoon clouds eased the heat from the sun.
Evaluation:
Widespread natural activity from during and after the storm has eased to one slide, heat related from yesterday. That ran some distance but, without the larger crown and entrainment into older snow layering. The snow is for the most part, stable. One collapse purposely initiated, by walking up to a wind drift, with shallow snow below indicates stability is not total. I would suggest a localized hazard remains in areas of this nature, shallow snow pack, with wind drifting. Otherwise, the long running and dramatic week of avalanche activity should be at an end.© wowasatch. com