Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of wind and snow over the course of the storm created large cornices. </p>
We triggered one small wind slab in the morning that did not travel very far. A snowmobile party reported triggering a wind slab - the slab released above the third rider across and pushed him into some trees. No other details were available.
The snow appeared to stabilize throughout the day as we saw less and less cracking and were not able to trigger subsequent slabs as we approached steeper terrain.
Luckily, the sun stayed hidden until the end of the day which kept the snow cold and wet activity at bay.
Snowpack
The new snow over the past few days has ranged from heavy to light to medium. Meaning yesterday the pack was right side up (16-18") and today it was capped with about 6" of new but slightly denser snow. Graupel fell during each phase of this extended storm and is unevenly dispersed both in depth and range.