5MAR10, Paradise, MRNP
3/15/10
WA Cascades West Slopes South (Mt Rainier)
1385
4
Lots of sluffing on steep southerly slopes (including Nisqually chute).
About the 5th time this year 9-1-1 has slid.
About the 5th time this year 9-1-1 has slid.
Any more details, e.g. how deep were the stuffs, how were the turns?
Pretty heavy stuff in the Chute, some cornices failing, most sluffing was just a few inches. Turns were great with temps in the low 20s the night before consolidating the old snow and making a strong crust and 1 inch of new from each of the preceding two days.
Nisqually Chutes got hammered today--I think I saw moguls forming. People headed up to Camp Hazard, people skiing lower Fuhrer's Finger. I went for solitude to Cowlitz Rocks--pretty good skiing. Minor sluff management on baked slopes in the afternoon.
I'm staying home on the weekends now, doing chores--firewood, etc. and skiing during the week. It is a popular time of year. Everything get so trashed (and crowded in the first two miles).
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