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Snowpack Discussion from Friday, January 13. Another round of buried surface hoar responsible for obvious instabilities.

Ski tour north of Brundage Resort on Monday (01/09/23).

Snowpit discussion near Granite Mountain on Friday, December 30, 2022

The calm before the storm and buried surface hoar, Monday, December 26, 2022.

Snowpit from West Mountain on Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Test pit near weather station

Test pits showing hard to trigger weak layers

Snowpack discussion from Monday, December 12. Looking at instabilities within recent storm snow and we're still tracking the persistent weak layer that was buried at the end of November.

Avalanche Warning in effect 12/10/22 Saturday-12/11/22 Sunday

Payette Powder Guides submitted this video of a snow pack test yesterday near the yurts in the Lick Cr drainage, North of McCall showing the slab that was responsible for our last natural avalanche cycle that is resting on weak facets that formed during our November drought and cold temps…Thanks PPG👍

PST, testing the likelihood of propagation on a layer of weak snow grains from November drought layer

A brief discussion of a persistent weak layer found in the snowpack throughout our advisory area

Fisher Cr Saddle North aspect, 7500 FT,Testing propagation on weak faceted snow that formed on the surface during a dry spell in November that was buried by snow during last weeks 3’ storm and natural Avalanche cycle.

12/5/22 Fisher Cr drainage North of McCall

Ski touring just north of Brundage Mountain resort on November 25, 2022…the snow pack is shallow and rotten with a lot of rocks and logs to hit which will dictate your travel routes up and down the mountain…stay safe and check out payetteavalanche.org for general avalanche information.

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