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Week in Review for 1/6/2018 - 1/12/2018
Submitted by andy on Fri, 01/12/2018 - 16:00
Dates of the Week:
1/6/2018 to 1/12/2018
- Persistent slab - Reported avalanches (1 natural, 0 human triggered)
- Wind slab - Reported avalanches (1 natural, 1 small human-triggered, 1 test slope failure)
- Loose wet avalanche - (1 D2 natural, several small loose wet reported)
- A mix of consolidating new snow and breakable crusts on the surface
- Persistent weak layer buried 1 to 2 ft deep on sheltered northerly aspects. Moist in some areas dry in others depending on elevation. Snowpit tests still showing unstable results in some areas.
- Warm storm early in the week with 1.5 to 3 inches of precipitation. Snow levels remained in the 8000 - 8500 ft. range. Widespread rain below 8500 ft. up to 10 in. of new snow above 8500 ft.
- Warm, dry, and calm for the latter half of the week.
