Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:25 am
Observation March 17 Went up to Red Pine Fork today to ski the Little Pfeifferhorn. Due to the warm temps we were only able to pull off one lap of smooth powder skiing on the Northeast bowl. Skied all the way to the lake without incident. We saw lots of natural wet avalanche activity out there, most of which was on west facing aspects. All slides observed today were in the form of point release avalanches. Most of upper Red Pine Fork was wind damaged but good skiing was still easily found. For the most part the avalanche danger (excluding warming) was pretty low today. Still, thats no excuse to break the rules of the Backcountry (see pic #2).
The 1st picture is of me standing next to the largest point release avalanche we observed in Red Pine Fork. This was on a west facing aspect and was over 5 feet deep in the deposite zone.
The 2nd picture is a great exsample of what NOT to do in the backcountry. We observed this group of 2 break one of the major rules of BC skiing. Remember that regardless of the avalanche danger there should never be more than one person on the slope at one time.
The 3rd picture is of the extesive wind damage on White Baldy
The 1st picture is of me standing next to the largest point release avalanche we observed in Red Pine Fork. This was on a west facing aspect and was over 5 feet deep in the deposite zone.
The 2nd picture is a great exsample of what NOT to do in the backcountry. We observed this group of 2 break one of the major rules of BC skiing. Remember that regardless of the avalanche danger there should never be more than one person on the slope at one time.
The 3rd picture is of the extesive wind damage on White Baldy