| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Summit
Location: Manitoba
The route in to Manitoba was thin, but skinnable from the car today. It is quickly deteriorating
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
On the drive back to Girdwood we observed several natural avalanches both point release and slab between 3-4000' on South to SW facing slopes
Weather
40 degrees F and clear skies today on Manitoba with a slight variable breeze at times, mostly no wind. Awesome low angle pow skiing.
Snow surface
Refrozen crust to about 1500'
Supportable new snow to 2500'
A few inches of new snow up to our highest elevation of 3,300'
Snowpack
2300' whoomph that sounded about 100' across.(this pit was dug by Joe Stock)
test pit at that elevation, 15 degrees west aspect
ECTP13 down 40cm between two thin crusts
3,300' test pit, west aspect, 10cm ski pen, 40cm boot pen, 23 degrees
CT18 50 cm down on a hardness change
ECTX
Surface hoar was found in a pit directly next to this one
Surface Conditions
South Face of Silvertip at 2pm
South Face of Silvertip at 4pm
pit at 2300'