Quick report
- Aspect
- East
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3048 m
Some areas felt solid with no detectable weak layer, other areas found PWL at the ground and graupel layer that caused soft snow to slide off of it easily. Seems like some areas are feeling more and more solid, other areas are just becoming scarier as the slabs get bigger. Hopefully things heal more with more snow coming.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Winds recently formed some decent cornices and whale backs in spots along certain subridges</p> <p> On sunnier aspects... Dozens of pole pokes found 3-4 foot solid slab resting on a thin PWL at the ground, other spots couldn't feel facets or a hollow layer at the ground. Shaded aspects were different story. Thick facet layer at the ground still felt hollow. There was also a graupel layer from old thunderstorms in certain spots that was causing new and wind blown snow to slide off very easily. This was noticed skinning up on untracked powder in spots. </p> <p> </p> <p>Some spots are feeling more and more stable. Some were not. A lot of uncertainty but sunny and some E and W aspects are showing some healing in spots. Just my observation.</p>