Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
I took my own advice from today's forecast and stuck to terrain I knew had no old, October snow. I traveled in lower and mid elevation terrain facing the south half of the compass, dodged bushes, skied shallow pow, and had a blast!
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p> </p> <p>The image above explains the tale of two snowpacks. Where there was no old snow prior to the recent series of storms.... you're surfing with the dolphins. Where there was old October snow... you're surfing with the sharks.</p> <p>Winds moved a fair bit of snow around today, but it was localized and confined to upper elevation ridges.</p>
Shallow, cold, creamy snow in wind sheltered terrain