Quick report
See above. We dug a profile on a N aspect at 8500ft. There were two buried surface hoar layers of note. See profile for details.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 27
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- N/O
- Recent Snowfall
- 16
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Weather was benign overall. Cloud cover kept temperatures cool. There was light to no wind, and no precip.
Snowpack
The upper half of the snowpack is right-side up. There was about 6-8 inches of soft, recent snow on top of a firm, supportive slab. Further investigation into the snowpack (both a formal profile and informal obs) revealed faceted grains below that slab everywhere we looked (multiple aspects and elevations). In general, there seems to be a widespread persistent slab avalanche problem that could likely produce up to a D3 avalanche.