Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Rapid Warming
- Elevation
- 3200 m
- Slope Angle
- 34°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Summit ridges had new cornices formed, some failing naturally along Wedding Ring Ridge, one area had triggered wind slab farily wide from cornice fall</p>
Wedding Ring Cornice Fall
Cornice fall/wind slab Wedding Ring Ridge
Total Stake Miller Flat Trailhead, total of 10cm at this elevation in the last two storms, we felt it had probably rained to start at this elevation first of week storm
short video of snow pack and our decision process today
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Upper elevation snow not yet warmed to critical levels, but will occur today, high angle April sun on E/S/W was turning snow to mank on our exit at 1:00 PM</p> <p>newly formed cornices, while not huge, we get tender with heating</p>
Sun came out late yesterday so snow at high elevation was not cooked down, if fact, we were pleasantly surprised that despite some wind damage, no crusts had formed overnight (> 9500') in new snow from yesterday, that encouraged us to investigate N facing more sheltered slopes. < 9500' double crust was everywhere and our first thought was to seek out south facing for early morning corn.