Lipps – Corn Biscuit - image 1
Pit on a west facing aspect at 3300' harboring dry snow
Slab that was triggered by a smaller slab on a southerly aspect above a few days ago (4/7ish)
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Lipps - Corn Biscuit
A pit on the Lipps shoulder, westerly aspect at 3300′, showed a reactive and propagating layer of
buried surface hoar. This layer is thought to be the same layer that has
been causing a number of human triggered avalanches during the past 2 weeks.
Results were:
ECTP 12 and 16 Q1
Failing in 7-10mm surface hoar buried 10-14″ deep under a stiff wind slab.
Also, we saw a few slab avalanches on the south side of Corn Biscuit. These are
thought to have been triggered April 6th or 7th by the sun warming April 5th’s 4-6″
of snow. The crown in the slab below the rocks is deeper where winds April 5th likely loaded that area.