Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>At higher elevations, especially near the ridge line, recent wind deposited snow might be unstable enough to be triggered by a skier on slopes of 35 degrees or steeper.</p>
The tricky rain crust conditions persist at mid to upper elevations. After over a week, the tenacity of this crust seems to be finally weakening (or, perhaps, I am just getting accustomed to skiing it?).
Snow settlement is slowly occurring, but poor snow structure still predominates.
No avalanche warning signs observed. The only thing moving is a small amount of wind transported snow and an unseen medium-sized quadriped (presumably searching for breakfast) whose fresh canine footprints ascend the skin track in front of me.