Sawtooth Avalanche Center

Public Field Report

Observation Details

Observation Date:
April 7, 2020
Submitted:
April 7, 2020
Zone or Region:
Galena Summit and Eastern Mtns
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
horton pk south

Signs of Unstable Snow

Did you see shooting cracks? 
No
Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing? 
Yes, Widespread

Observations

today we thought we would try skiing a south aspect, hoping the snowpack would be more baked an consolidated. but we found the same persistent weak layer we have been seeing and hearing about on all the north aspects.
We saw 2 avalanches that we assume happened yesterday on the steep rollover on the ridge to the east of us.
We were not comfortable to go on terrain much over 30 degrees. when we left around one the snowpack was going isothermic. I'm going to give it a day off tomorrow and hope for more stable conditions on thursday.
Returning home in the afternoon I think I can see a crown on the hammer on mcdonald pk that looks like it happened during the storm on sunday night???

Media

the 2 slides we could see on the ridge to the west of this can be seen in this picture