Detailed Observation

Date2022-03-08
LocationEastern Alaska Range
ObserverPhillip Wilson
AvalancheN

General Observations

The snow has buried alot of the alders on the hillside across from the Trims DOT camp, enough that bushwhacking is entirely avoidable. We stayed in the trees and found 6-8in of low angle wind protected powder, it looked wind affected above treeline. 

There were some small 1-3″ windslabs isolated on north-west facing convexities which easily fractured on our skin up, could be dangerous with a big enough slope or over a terrain trap like the nearby gully to the south. We could feel a buried crust on the lower 100ft, 

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