Natural persistent slabs above Skiumah Lake

Avalanche hunting above Skiumah Lake

• A handful of slab avalanches, D1.5 to D2.5 ran during Tuesday's storm.  These all initiated above 6,500' but some ran to low elevations.    Two of these recent avalanches broke on old layers near the ground, 4-5' deep, the rest appeared to break near the storm interface, 1-2' deep.  
• We saw no other signs of instability today; only minor cracking in the top 3-5" of recently wind drifted snow.  Moderate winds weren't transporting the dense surface snow.
• ~10" of dense snow from Tuesday's storm above 5500'. The rain line reached to around 5,000'