Observation Date: 01/29/2012

Route/Location:
East Ridge of Straight Peak. Fish Creek Area. Super gloppy on the skins, made travel very difficult. Lots of bushwacking and tired legs.

Weather:
Muckily warm down low, 9*C. snow falling around 5500′ s

Wind:
winds out of the NW gusting to Moderate. exposed slopes had a slight windcrust.

New Snow: 0-3″

Avalanche Activity:
None on the day of travel, but you could see evidence of numerous wet sluffs in the surrounding landscape

Other Comments:
OBS @ 6900′ N-NE aspectThe compass direction a slope faces i.e. North, South, East, West. 28* slope
HS 235cm
CT12&14 Q1 down 20cm on a densityThe mass of snow per unit volume, but often expressed as a percent water content. New fallen powder has a low densityThe mass of snow per unit volume, but often expressed as a percent water content. New fallen powder has a low density (3-10%), while heavy or wet snow is more dense (10-20%). (3-10%), while heavy or wet snow is more dense (10-20%). change layer within the last storm snow
CT21&26 Q1 down 40cm on another densityThe mass of snow per unit volume, but often expressed as a percent water content. New fallen powder has a low densityThe mass of snow per unit volume, but often expressed as a percent water content. New fallen powder has a low density (3-10%), while heavy or wet snow is more dense (10-20%). (3-10%), while heavy or wet snow is more dense (10-20%). change
ECTN30 down 40cm

Did not like seeing the Q1s but the propensity to propagate just was not there. only dug down 120cm
we skied the slope.

Observer: George D’Angelo