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From FB message: “Near Sage Creek/Sage Mountain in carrot basin. This was a east facing, wind loaded slope. Snowmobile triggered below the rock line. No burials.”

From FB message: “Near Sage Creek/Sage Mountain in carrot basin. This was a east facing, wind loaded slope. Snowmobile triggered below the rock line. No burials.”

From FB message: “Near Sage Creek/Sage Mountain in carrot basin. This was a east facing, wind loaded slope. Snowmobile triggered below the rock line. No burials.”

From FB message: “Near Sage Creek/Sage Mountain in carrot basin. This was a east facing, wind loaded slope. Snowmobile triggered below the rock line. No burials.”

Went up to Flanders today, dug a pit at approximately 9800ft on an east aspect. Snow depth was 154cm, with about 20cm of weak snow at the ground. We also found a weak layer at 112cm, which had a planar fracture during our shovel shear. Had an ECTx result, and when prying the column it pulled out as a cohesive block all the way to the ground. There was also quite a bit of surface hoar growth from about 7200ft to just below the summit.

We skied multile aspects off of the East Fork Divide. Peformed an ECT at 9,000' on a N facing slope with no results. Snowpack was 120cm. We didn't see any natural slides either. 

From obs: "A small snowboarder-triggered avalanche from 12/31 on a southeast-facing slope at 9,000 feet that broke on the 30cm layer and stepped down to the 40cm layer. The snowboarder was briefly caught in the sliding snow but maintained his footing as the snow washed past him." 

Skiers at Bacon Rind observed widespread surface hoar. Photo: S. Gill