Yes, highway is a sh!tshow and wouldnt recommend travel at the moment. Buddies riding the east side since they couldnt get through this morning, lots of others heading home. Not worth hitting the ditch or worse, make it home safe to those families, think about what you are gambling. Avy conditions still very high and high confidence in the avy forecast. pits showing that new snow is not bonding well to the stuff below, but very likely we will hear of the standard goons pounding the hills near the notch etc.
Wouldnt surprise me if we hear the worst by the time the weekends over. Hope it doesnt happen but just know that the SAR crew won't put themselves at risk for you, so think twice before you poke the white dragon. If that stuff cuts loose, it wont take much of a hill to be a big pile at the bottom, there is a lot of storm snow hiding out there. Don't think just because you are in the trees that you are safe. Cant access my pics right now but have a couple pics of avys from over the years, just behind Leech Ridge and just above the cabin, in the trees, on moderate slopes. Avys can and do happen in the trees, make no mistake.
Seeing size 1-2 avys, some stuff creeping to size 3, pretty big stuff. Will see what the rain does to the snowpack now, but all that extra moisture and weight won't help it in the short term. Sitting here typing and not riding at 1130 for a reason. Use your heads and Ride safe folks.
Wouldnt surprise me if we hear the worst by the time the weekends over. Hope it doesnt happen but just know that the SAR crew won't put themselves at risk for you, so think twice before you poke the white dragon. If that stuff cuts loose, it wont take much of a hill to be a big pile at the bottom, there is a lot of storm snow hiding out there. Don't think just because you are in the trees that you are safe. Cant access my pics right now but have a couple pics of avys from over the years, just behind Leech Ridge and just above the cabin, in the trees, on moderate slopes. Avys can and do happen in the trees, make no mistake.
Seeing size 1-2 avys, some stuff creeping to size 3, pretty big stuff. Will see what the rain does to the snowpack now, but all that extra moisture and weight won't help it in the short term. Sitting here typing and not riding at 1130 for a reason. Use your heads and Ride safe folks.