Fire Spires Isotherm

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Wet

The day was:

• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Snow conditions report for 2 day trip to the Fire Spires:

- Snow line at ~1000m

- Very hot by the afternoon, snow had gone fully isothermal. Good refreezes overnight.

- Surprisingly saw almost no movement / anything sloughing in the hot sun even late in the afternoon

- Lots of signs of previous wet loose slides that were a few days old

- South chute up to Terrarosa glacier had largest pinwheels I've ever seen, the size of small cars