Date of Observation: 11/23/2022
Name: Zach Guy
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Baldy, E and NE aspects N/BTL
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: We ski triggered a couple of slow-moving facet sluffs that entrained the top 6” of facets on a sheltered, near treeline slope.
Weather: Winds and clouds started increasing around noon. No real snow transport, just some facets rolling and bouncing along the snow surface.
Snowpack: Got one crack in a small hard drift that propagated about 6 feet. Snow surfaces varied from hard drifts to wind crusts to sastrugi to cohesionless ~2 mm facets.
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Number of Avalanches: 2
Location
Location: Mount Baldy
Location Specific:
Start Zone Elevation: NTL: Near Tree Line
Aspect: E
Characteristics
Trigger: Skier
Trigger modifier:
Type: Loose
Failure Plane:
Size
Relative Size: R1 very small
Destructive Size: D1- Relatively harmless to people
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