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
Closer
Reynolds ridge
Butler Basin
Encompassing most of the bowl (lookers middle high point to the left side of pic).
Bonkers(poor quality)
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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