Weak layer in Beehive

Weak layer in Beehive

Date
Activity
Skiing

Dug a quick test pit on Tuesday on an E aspect in Middle Basin. Found that persistent weak layer we’d been worried about, but got an ECTX when we tested it. We railed on it pretty hard afterwards and finally got it to break. When it did, it propagated cleanly all the way. Looked like it didn’t quite have enough load to fail yet but it’s still set up to and maybe this storm that just rolled through brought that load. We did also see evidence of an old avalanche on an E aspect in Beehive basin. Looked to be a couple of days old, probably from before Monday’s storm. 

Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Middle Basin
Observer Name
Virginia Beineke