Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind and snowfall starting to bump up on my exit transporting a bit of snow, but nothing too alarming, though something to track tonight.</p>
Things settle out quickly in the spring... even on high elevation slopes facing the north half of the compass. Close to 24" of snow stacked up since last Wednesday, but warm days and a slight kiss or two of strong sunshine allowed a moderate dose of consolidation the past few days.
Off aspects facing the south half of the compass offer varying degrees of breakable and not so breakable crusts....
... with a little spongy graupel on top to boot.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The snowpack feels well-behaved and comfortable in its own skin, offering generally "green light" avy hazard. However, if winds pick up tonight, I'd expect to see isolated wind slabs become slightly more touchy. The usual suspects come to mind... steep, wind loaded slopes in the wind zone.</p>