Schneedecke

Observation: Wolverine Cirque

Dave KellySalt Lake
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Quick report

Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
3109 m
Slope Angle
37°
Red Flags Comment
<p>Skied terrain on all sides of the compass. Only questionable snow was on a NE facing slope in Wolverine Bowl at 10,200ft. As soon as we traversed from an easterly to a northerly aspect something didn't feel right. The snowpack felt hollow and a quick pole probe showed us that there was a windslab that varied in depth from 10-20cm with 95cm of facets underneath it. This was a thinner spot in the slope. Probing in other spots showed that the wind slab was still evident, but there was more snow (facets) underneath it. </p>

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Poor snowpack structure. Still not enough weight to tip the scales in the places that we traveled today. Although with increased winds from southerly and westerly side of the compass there is snow to transport. </p>

About an inch of new snow fell during the day. On steeper southerly facing aspects you could still feel the old snow surface underneath the new snow.