December 23

Mill D North Fork, Reynolds, Butler Basin, Soldier Fork.

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

6400'-9300', angles over 35°, all aspects

Snow conditions

4-8" of high density snow from the last round over lighter density. In other words, snowboarder snow.

Weather

Overcast skies, mild temperatures and light wind, stronger on the ridges.

Avalanche activity

Reynolds Peak

reynolds-peak

Closer

closer

Reynolds ridge

west-ridge

Butler Basin

hidden-bowl

Encompassing most of the bowl (lookers middle high point to the left side of pic).

Bonkers(poor quality)

bonkers

A little recent glide and a large slide encompassing most of Bonkers.

Evaluation

Heavy dense snow plopped on lighter density + wind resulted in another slide cycle.

Since any persistent weak layers have likely been pounded into submission over the last week would expect mostly stable snow.

Wet activity could increase with warming.

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