Saw a two guys I recognized from yesterday at the Pitkin stop again today.
Asked them about yesterday, what they saw and such.
Just interested in their observations from a big cycle day.
Didn’t think anything of it until I got to the bus after my lap.
Saw MFD Pontoons alone at the bus stop.
Said hey and inquired about the whereabouts of mid -fat Atomic.
MFD said that his buddy kicked off and lost a ski.
He was now alone in the Racquet Club chute.
I asked him matter-of - factly why he wasn’t with him?
Loaded the bus and sat watching MFD render aid by text.
How do you know?
Solo missions might get a bad rap, but is it better than having a useless partner?
Went to check out the West Wall slide from yesterday.
My personal powder hunting tempered by the recent events.
Not many people out.
Crown was a foot to two feet deep.
Heres what I saw.
Significant temp gradient around the crust.
Did a couple CT tests.
Here’s what I saw.
First column: CT-12 at 65cms.
Ran on the facets above the MF crust.
Second column: CT-2 at 35 cms.
This column ended up next to an evergreen shrub.
Broke within the depth hoar.
Interesting the crust was knife hard around the shrub area.
Filled in my pit and headed out to the bus on a Tele Line ridge run.
No obvious new activity.
Another Mushroom burial/injury on 2/16, not sure of all the details.
