Observations from Becker Ridge

Many loose wet avalanches throughout this area on multiple aspects and elevations, all of them thought to have occurred yesterday during the warming up part of the storm.  Most of these loose wet avalanches were in the form of roller balls with some larger ones involving more storm snow and running longer distances.  Today, partly cloudy skies with light winds limited rapid warming from occurring and kept most of the loose wet activity to a minimum.  No cracking was present in wind loaded locations off of the ridge.  Large cornices existed but these were stubborn on smaller test slopes that we kicked.  Cold winter snow exists northerly aspects with crusts forming on southerly aspects.  These crusts developing on the windward slopes should limit the amount of available snow for wind transport as wind speeds increase tomorrow.