got a mindfull of questions and a teacher in my soul...so it goes. ~"Guaranteed" E. Vedder
It appears that the weather is not going to cooperate with our summit attempt next week. This along with this rare spring avalanche warning does not bode well for the target date.
.AVALANCHE... INCREASINGLY WARM AND MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY RELATIVELY HIGH FREEZING LEVELS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS ON SATURDAY AND A FEW SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. THIS WEATHER SHOULD PRODUCE AN INCREASINGLY WEAK AND WET SNOWPACK STRUCTURE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON PREVIOUSLY MORE STABLE NORTH EXPOSURES... WITH INCREASING AVALANCHES LIKELY PRODUCING A SPRING SLIDE CYCLE DURING THE WARMING DAYS AHEAD. SOME RECENT WET LOOSE SLIDES ARE ALREADY ENTRAINING OR GOUGING INTO MUCH OF THIS SEASONS SNOWPACK ON SUN EXPOSED TERRAIN... AND THIS DESTABILIZING TREND SHOULD SPREAD TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MORE SHADED SLOPES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SOME LARGE CORNICES DEVELOPED IN LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY MAY ALSO FAIL DURING ANTICIPATED WARMING AND SUCH COLLAPSES MAY TRIGGER ISOLATED AND PERHAPS LARGE SLABS ON THE SLOPES BELOW. AS A RESULT OF THESE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS... A SPECIAL SPRING STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED... AND BACK COUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD EXERCISE INCREASING CAUTION AND ADJUST PLANS AND ROUTES ACCORDINGLY.
We are still maintaining some hope and will make the final decision on Monday. Our second target date will be mid-June to go for the summit.
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