Detailed Observation
Date | 2022-03-19 |
Location | Valdez |
Observer | Gareth Brown |
Avalanche | N |
General Observations
Tsaina Valley northwest of hoodoo creek confluence up to 3600’ NE-SE/ Clear/ Calm
Shooting cracks: No
Collapsing: No
Avalanches: Yes, Old D1-2 natural wet loose off steep solar aspects.
Found a trace of snow on a breakable melt freeze crust on southeast aspects up to 3600’. On east through northeast found 15-20 cms of storm snow that was bonded well. Stability tests at 2800’ on a SE aspect and at 3600’ on a E-NE aspect, both produced no results at the 3/3 buried surface hoar layer down 40 cms. In both locations this layer was rounding and laid over. The new snow old snow interface produced ECTN14+15 down 15 cms.