December 6, 2015, Mission Peak
12/6/15
WA Cascades East Slopes Central
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An afternoon tour in the Mission peak area, revealed settling, shooting cracks on all aspects. We were able to find a few turns on well anchored low angle terrain. We avoided snow that had fallen on continuous pre storm snow. Skiing was fun but still thin on rockey ridges. A pit showed 36 cm of new on a rain/sun crust, with un supportive snow below. The Mission patrols had plenty of results from ski cuts and blasting.
because a picture is worth a thousand words;
Shooting cracks:
the crust layer (our isolated block slid on the layer UNDER the crust). There was enough water in the mushy layer under the crust to squeeze it into a slush ball.
remotely triggered feature:
and some fun skiing:
Shooting cracks:
the crust layer (our isolated block slid on the layer UNDER the crust). There was enough water in the mushy layer under the crust to squeeze it into a slush ball.
remotely triggered feature:
and some fun skiing:
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