Adirondack CommunityAvalanche Project

Observation Details

Overcast day with no precipitation and a light wind. Snow at lower elevation was wet and heavier with a weak crust, lighter and fluffier at higher elevation. Few shooting cracks were seen on the tour in mainly on small but steep slopes of the drainage. No shooting cracks were seen on the slide itself, however small wind loaded slabs (2m x 2m) were witnessed.

Ski cut the top with no results, rode skiers right.

Pit dug at 3,500ft was as follows

60 cm depth

60cm - 25cm one finger

25cm - 24cm knife/pencil

24cm - 17cm one finger

16cm - 1cm knife (ice base)

CT 19 @ 16cm no propagation

Pit Dug at 3,750ft was as follows

142 cm depth

142cm - 114cm one finger

114cm - 69cm four finger

68cm - 66cm knife

65cm - 42cm pencil

41cm - 1cm four finger

CT 20 @ 56cm on faceted layer, no propagation