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A place to post avy conditions, snow conditions, beta, and stoke from the winter here in AK.
Good and stable snow up high at Turnagain lately. Buried raincrust up to about 3,000 feet. Good bonding to the raincrust, and honestly its a good thing down low cause it covers up the rocks so well. Found a small, windloaded, and unstable pocket of storm snow at about 4,000 feet today. Didn't observe any other signs of instability.
A few highlights from the NRCS May 1st, snow survey report. However, despite it all, this has been the best ski season of my life!
--- Like last month, snowpack across the southern and western parts of Alaska remain below normal, much of it well below normal. Most low lying areas have melted out. Southcentral remain much below normal, though parts of the Kenai Peninsula made gains in snow-pack during the month.
--- The Kenai Peninsula also received about twice of normal April precipitation, ranging from 122% at Turnagain Pass to 303% of normal at Kachemak Creek SNOTEL, on the southwestern side of Kachemak Bay. This moisture extended east across Prince William Sound where sites averaged 177% of normal precipitation for the month.
--- The Anchorage area and the Mat-Su region received mixed precipitation with several sites both below and above normal for the month. The Mat-Su Basin averaged 79% of normal for the month and 70% for the winter.
--- Like the rest of the winter, temperatures across most of Alaska were above normal during the month of April. In most areas temperatures were further above normal than last month. Only the coastal areas in Southcentral and Southeast were closer to normal this month, rather than last month. Cordova and Juneau were only 1°F above normal for the month. These warm temperatures across the state made for an early spring and advanced melting of the snowpack in many places.
Mike.RecordsDrove down to Thompson Pass at the end of last week. Thin at the road, stacked up high. Open and flowing water at the road plus rain crust. Sledding up from the road was downright terrifying. The low glaciers are still quite open and would be a huge hassle to cross. No deep instabilities up high. A little wind slab development, but I imagine it will heal, it wasn't sitting on a weak layer. Won't be long before we go back.
