Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Rapid warming in mid-elavations is as close as I came to red flags today.</p>
No snow profile, very variable in the alpine, many alpine areas would have required a chainsaw to dig a snow pit.
Photo below:
NE aspect at 12,000', this did not soften due to the N wind, did not ski it because of firm snow.
Photo below: Not Powder, The lower turns were slightly soft in places but not enough to improve the skiing.
Overall a low danger today, I would assume an increase in hazard with forecasted snow.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Wet Slabs below treeline, this was likely reduced as the clouds came in early afternoon.</p>
Mixed bag, only about 1" of snow overnight. The alpine consisted of scoured crusts and wind pack with areas of dense drifted snow, Not powder, see photo below.
Damp snow in mid elevation areas. Many areas of breakable crust from Friday afternoons warm-up.
A slight warm-up/softening of the snow while descending a wind protected SE shot of Mount Holly at 12.30.