4-4-06, Magog-Naomi

(wet avalanches)

Warming temperatures made it into upper elevations, turning the surface snow into mush and causing numerous natural avalanches.  With above freezing overnight temperatures and balmy greenhouse-like days thermally fed by warm south winds, wet avalanche problems are likely to persist for a while. Here are some wet avalanches on the east face of Magog at around 9500'

Wet avalanches near 10,000' on the east side of Naomi Peak, the high point in the Bear River Range.  I'm concerned about some of the huge cornices in the region failing during the spring melt-down.

The natural avalanches ran far and created significant piles of wet, cement-like deposition.

Many crossed recent snowmobile tracks, running into popular upper elevation riding terrain.

The "Gatorade Test" showed pooling on top of a crust under a bit more than a foot of moist snow.

A pit profile from Bunchgrass Canyon on a northeast facing slope at about 8200'.