April 15

Broads-Mill B south

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

6200-10900', angles over 40°, north facing aspects.

Snow conditions

Clear skies overnight cooled the snow from yesterday's warming.

Off aspects had a variable crust, breakable and not so.

Upper elevation shady was dry powder which lingered into the afternoon.

Mank, once again, below about 8k, on the exit.

Weather

Blue sky, mild temperatures and light wind

Avalanche activity

It looked like the most slide activity in Broads and Mill B, from the recent storm, was in the back bowl below Sunrise peak.

sunrise

Shallow crowns and loose snow sluffing. Wet activity was limited to point release sluffing.

hogum-coalpit

Observed a good sized debris pile coming out of the bottom of the Hypodermic Needle in Hogum. Crown isn't visible.

Evaluation

Mostly stable snow on the shady side.

Weather guess has continued mild temperatures and potential for rain

Would expect an increase in wet activity, with both deep slab and glide if, a no freeze extends into a several day period.

back

journal

© wowasatch.com