Attn all spring riders...especially Graveler :O

[modsledr]

From the NWAC:

Depending on location, elevation and slope exposure,
increasingly challenging travel conditions and considerable to
high avalanche danger should be expected for the next several
days, with slow clearing and gradual warming Friday into the
weekend adding to the danger as the recent snow starts to melt
and weaken, producing further natural slide activity. As a
result, travel in avalanche terrain is not recommended until
the new snow has had a chance to either slide or settle and
stabilize, which should extend into the slow clearing and
gradual warming period likely late this week and into next
weekend.


Be careful out there...remember, wet snow slides are slower but heavier and will grab you (right Art?? )...pay extra attention to terrain traps and runout areas.

 

[graveler]

grab you pick you up and step on you like a bug under fordmans boot, wet snow is by far the worst, it will crush you before you suffocate, as far a being dug out if your buried, forget it, stuff sets up better then our concrete.... took us 20 min to get the sled loose. it tore off the fuel cap!!!! crazy

 

[SNOBI-WAN-KENOBI]

Baker on Friday!! Partly cloudy..some sun!

 

[H20SKE]

sledrevy was up at Baker today--from Schreibers--he was looking up at the chute under pocket lake--the whole chute busted loose and sounded like thunder. Hw was also playing up at peanut and was coming over the side of peanut and the snow slid with him on top of it--he could not steer out of it--it just kept lifting him up--he said he thought he was going to hit a couple trees--but it stacked up so tall that by the time he hit the bottom where the trees where--he was higher than the trees--he says it is really weird going down hill and gaining elevation. They headed back down into schreibers after that. Lots of bare road to--looks good at the second snow park--then 3 switchbacks worth of gravel.


H20SKE...