Sawtooth Avalanche Center

Public Field Report

Observation Details

Observation Date:
January 3, 2021
Submitted:
January 3, 2021
Zone or Region:
Galena Summit and Eastern Mtns
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Horse creek

Signs of Unstable Snow

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

Observations

I took my friend for his first ski tour so we kept the terrain fairly low on SE aspect I noticed many whumphs some were very dramatic above 8000 feet. I didn’t see any natural slide occur.
2-3inches of new snow on a breakable 1/4 inch sun crust in some areas.
Riding was great and about 1 inch of snow fell from 9am to 11 am when we left.