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Toured around beehive peak today. Viewed 1 older large avalanche and other smaller slides. All were north to east aspects

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

Skied on west and east sides of Woody Ridge.  Observed a few small soft wind slab avalanches involving only new snow around the submarine. Dug a pit about a meter deep on west aspect about 9,700 feet.  HS was 290cm. No result on extended column test. Fist to 265, 4F to 245, 1f to 200 where there is a crust layer, back to 1f below that.

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. This is one of many west-facing steep slopes above the creek that ran. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. This is one of many west-facing steep slopes above the creek that ran. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Snow bikers saw the debris and crown of a large avalanche that broke on a heavily wind-loaded slope on Mt Jefferson in the Centennial Mountains. Look to the upper left of the photo to see what they estimated as a 6' deep crown. Photo: R. Gravatt 

From obs 3/20/23: "Yesterday (3/19) we toured up into Emigrant gulch. At around 2pm we observed a small point release on the East face of Emigrant, either a small cornice break or wet loose, that ran for about 200ft before stepping down to a deep slab that appeared to be about 3ft deep and 100ft across." Photo: Schreier

Numerous slides observed on Saturday 3/18 on the flanks of Emigrant Peak during a tour up its east bowls. The largest ones seemed to be on SE aspects. 

Numerous slides observed on Saturday 3/18 on the flanks of Emigrant Peak during a tour up its east bowls. The largest ones seemed to be on SE aspects. 

As we returned to Frazier Basin from below, we saw five natural avalanches on the southeast-facing wall of the basin. They entrained only the 1 to 2 inches of snow that had fallen during the day. However, they were notable in that they ran 500 to 700 vertical feet. They indicate that the new snow may not bond well to the old snow surface. A crust formed by the recent warm temperatures and sunny skies is the subsurface that snow is falling on. This will become a more significant concern as more snow falls this week. Photo: GNFAC
 

"Attached are a few photos of old deep slab avalanches north of town... the south face of scotch bonnet. Hard to tell the depth of the crown but it’s very visible from the lulu road, so probably pretty deep." Photo: Z. Peterson

Attached are a few photos of old deep slab avalanches north of town... a south face north of round lake above 10,000’. The crown was mostly filled in but the deepest exposed part was 2-3’ deep. Photo: Z. Peterson