Public Observation
Observation Details
Observation Date:
February 5, 2022Submitted:
February 5, 2022Zone or Region:
BluesActivity:
Location:
Mount EmilyObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
54000Aspect:
SEComments:
Slide Creek, 4' depth, 20' wide, 100 yardsSigns of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
NoDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
Yes, IsolatedObservations
Skied from 3000' to 5500' on Mount Emily yesterday and today. Lower snowpack has went from nice ET snow in January to TG degraded snow in February. 8"_of new snow sits on a melt freeze crust then about 2' with no recognizable layers . I could get this layer to collapse around my boots especially in more shady areas as I reclimbed the skin track. Today at higher elevation I had collapses in shady areas and observed the lose wet slide that occurred yesterday probably about mid afternoon. Powder was holding for one more day on east to north slopes. There was a temperature inversion with colder snow down low.