March 15
Broads Fork-Mill B South
Elevations, slope angles and aspects
6200-10500', angles over 35°, all aspects except south facing.
Snow conditions
2-4" recent snow over a spongy base.
A few minutes of sun started the rollers on east facing by about 10 am.
That activity continued, including west facing by afternoon.
Shaded aspects remained dry with conditions best described as, thick and creamy.
Lower elevations had a thin crust in the morning, slushy in the afternoon.
Weather
Overcast skies with partial clearing, partly cloudy, at times during the day.
Temperatures were mild, light wind from the southwest.
Avalanche activity
A couple of photos of the glide observed on March 11
Probably ran with the warm up the day before.
No further activity was observed.
Evaluation
Instability was rollers with warming.
Would expect a continuation of wet activity till things cool down, especially at mid and lower elevations.
Weather guess insists a storm is on the way so...
future instability would be dependent on wind, snow amount and bonding of new snow to old surface + density changes within new snow layering.
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