Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Collapsing
- Elevation
- 2865 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Localized cracking and minimal collpasing in recent wind deposits</p>
Localized cracking on the skin up
Small cornice chunks, pretty sensitive but breaking a bit wider than anticipated
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Kicked small/medium cornices along ridge, triggered a few very small and sluggish windslabs, less than 6" deep and running less than 50 feet.</p> <p>Facets just under rime crust are a potential game changer. They are extremely weak, but the crust may allow a more substantial slab to build on top before failing. Eerily similar to the 2002 event that caused more than a few large avalanches. Will be interested to watch this in the coming days.</p>
Wind has made the skiing interesting. Dense wind slab in upper part of new snow, sitting on top of lighter, less dense new snow.