Recent Avalanches

Heavy Snowfall

Wind Loading

Cracking

Rapid Warming

Lots of red flags out there today. Instability peaked with the high PI rates. No natural avalanches observed but plenty of skier triggered from loose dry sluffs to soft storm/wind slab. Triggered and avalanche on the east face of patsy, sluff on the upper steep face with not much new snow left which pulled out a few soft slabs lower down, fairly stubborn, size 1.5 Also triggered an avalanche in one of the W facing couloirs in Wolverine Cirque, Small 12" slab was touchy at the top where there was a NW tilt, suspect FC below the new snow as the bed surface was thin rocky and NNW tilt, this pulled out larger but shallower chunk in the wider portion of the chute, 6", size 1.5. It seemed as though it needed to be >35* to move today. I had lots of cracking and slight movement but wouldn't go anywhere unless it was steeper than 35*.