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Raymond Rock Slabs
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No red flags today but did note a few things that might be important when it does start to snow again. First thing of note was the thinner snow pack areas such as the starting zone in Piece of Pie which has avalanched multiple time this year, there was 2 to 3 feet of completely unconsolidated rotten snow in the top of the run seems as though it wouldn't take much of a load to get it to avalanche again, also the wind crust has preserved a layer of loose graupel under it and that may also present itself as a weak layer when loaded. Down lower on shady N aspects the surface snow has faceted out to a degree that the new snow may not bond well when it arrives.
photos: Piece of Pie, skier triggered roller balls on W facing below 9000ft at 2:30pm, still dry snow on the high protected N facing but it's hard to come bye.