Observation: West Willow

10"

Medium

Powder

Wind Crust

Melt-Freeze Crust

Some cornices on the West Willow ridge were collapsed, likely from (Sunday - Monday). Looks like they did not trigger anything other than some small sluffs in the new snow, but hard to tell for sure at night. We got an ECTP 14 on a pit on E facing West Willow. 9500'. 27 degree slope. What a good looking shot! Our first time looking at this run. The slab collapsed near the ground, requiring a small a nudge to pull out. I suspect it would have popped out with more energy on a slightly steeper slope. Result was enough for us to move on to Beartrap Glades. Thought I would post this up after reading the 12/17/13 daily report highlighting the ECTP 13 observation from Silver Fork. Similar result on a similar aspect in a slightly different location.