Whumpfing and tree cracks and slope cracks on the northwest approach to Marlette peak.

Location Name: 
Herlan Peak
Region: 
Mount Rose Area
Date and time of observation: 
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 09:10
Location Map: 
United States
39° 12' 14.3316" N, 119° 54' 57.7044" W
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Red Flags: 
Whumphing noises, shooting cracks, or collapsing
Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

This happened in pretty tight trees.  One major whumphf and a couple smaller ones.  Fled to the wind blown ridegline and dropped into the west facing wind scoured scratch chute.  We were not that far off the ridge line and I refused to continue for the last 150 yards of north facing climbing

Weather Observations
Cloud Cover: 
25% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Below Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Static