Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>I noticed and felt some collapsing in an aspen grove in the flats. This was an isolated event and I did not note it anywhere else. </p>
I noticed a thick layer of new snow in the trees on Twin Lakes Pass (photo 1) that at times sounded like it was raining as it melted out of the trees. I also observed wet loose debris; and some large chunks of cornice that rolled well down slope (photo 2).
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This avalanche (photo below) started as a wet loose avalanche that turned into a shallow soft slab avalanche that ran on the old bed surface- note the dust layer. This is similar to what I was able to inititate on steep west facing test slopes where the failure was the old dusty snow surface.</p> <p>This avalanche most does not have the dust layer from the above avalanche and looks like the debris is covered over with some new snow. This avalanche appeared deeper than the slide from the above photo and could have run as a wet slab from prior to the storm or during the tail end of the storm with an increase in northwest winds. </p>
Damp powder skiing with 4"-6" of settled snow that settled out further throughout the day. Lower angle smooth surfaces above 9,800' were good skiing on all aspects.