Walking by 7am, back to the car by noon. BCC and sub-drainages flush with water. Some digging showed a fairly well-plumbed snowpack and no wet slabs noted, though a couple size 1.5 loose wet avalanches noted on steep northwest facing terrain at 9500'. Avoided mid elevation terrain traps out of simple distrust of the heat wave. Wet slabs still on the radar in localized terrain, particularly in the outlying areas.
Photos:
New size 2 glide release on the lower Broads slabs and debris pile
Three glide releases in mid-Broads; reported last weekend.
Two of the three issues we've been forecasting: natural cornice fall and glide releases
Debris from natural cornice fall
Glide crack to negotiate or avoid on entry to Mill B South
Debris from lower elevation glide release from the slabs beneath Lake Blanche
