Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Very weak fist-hard facets under 1-8 rime crust intact and only waiting for enough load to break the crust in this area..</p>
Here is a picture of the all to common snow situation in the Tony Grove Area.. The problem is the weak snow preserved beneath the obvious 1-8 rime crust....
Surface foot of snow at around 8300' on a north facing slope..
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>anywhere a significant slab has built on the poor snow structure is suspect. Haven't seen many slopes that fit the bill yet...</p> <p>Wet avalanches a problem today on steep low elevation slopes..</p>
Could still feel the 1-8 rime crust under new snow in this area 6" to 10" deep