Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3048 m
- Slope Angle
- 30°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>One minor collaspe on NW facing Patsy Trees. </p> <p>Poor snowpack structure is more of a warning for the future......</p>
Crust is isolated to be visible in photo. Snowpack in the NW facing Patsy Trees was very similar, not worth drawing another profile. I would have expected a deeper, more loaded snowpack in this area.
Shear testing at pit: inconsistent, Columns are isolatable and fall with a very easy push. ECTs ranged from ECTN2-6 and ECTP6 Q2
I followed an old skin track onto this slope. If the skin track was not there, I would have excavated the part above me and worked my way down.
Of note: It appears that there may have been a near miss this weekend. I observed a NE facing shot off of the ridge that had appeared to crack wall to wall and stay in place. It looked like someone had entered the run and then walked back up to the ridge (see photo).
Snowpack
Snow is rapidly weakening. Ski penetration is to the ground in places with a slight punchy feeling through crust above facets. Two days ago the snow was much more supportable.
This area appears to have received less wind loading than the Supreme/Catherine's area.
Surface hoar is forming including on the LCC/BCC ridge, see photo.