Sheep Creek Observations

From email on 01/22: 

"On 1/20, we toured north of town into sheep creek to ski the north-facing burn glade. We saw no new avalanche activity, but continued to experience numerous collapses as soon as we stepped off the skin track. The sun came out periodically in the morning, and that's all it took for the new snow to become much more wet and heavy. The denser snow was able to support the weight of a skier a little better and we subsequently experienced fewer collapses. Winds picked up from the west into the afternoon and began to transport a lot of snow around."