Rescue Creek avalanche activity

Took a quick short walk up Rescue Creek to assess avalanche activity following the recent blizzard.

• 18" of recent snow resting on the 2/8 rain crust at 4000' with 24" at 5000'.
• In the forest, deep dry loose debris had crossed the Rescue Creek trail in several places.
• Wind effect from the Saturday night/Sunday blizzard was evident in the forest and in the main Rescue basin. 
• Above 4200' the snow surface varied from deep low density powder, 6-8" soft wind slab capping deep powder to a 1-2" 1F hard wind slab capping deep powder.  I did not travel above 5000'.
• Skiing was variable.  
• Natural dry loose and storm slab avalanche activity noted from Saturday night/Sunday. The majority of the debris was covered with recent snow but appeared to be D1-D2 in size. 
• The lack of slide activity and corresponding size was a bit surprising considering I traveled to Rescue specifically because it generally provides great debris piles and crowns following large storms.