Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3018 m
Very windy day, wanted to go higher but was forced down lower. People seem to be testing northern aspects, but with the extra weight of windloading, I thought two avy problems were too much.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Buried deeply, but was able to get a non-standard ECTP40 Q1 SP, with an an extra ten taps from the shoulder. Assuming a Deep Tap or PST may give more info. (Photo 1 for PWL facets)</p> <p>Very gusty 10k and above, sometimes hitting ~50mph. Obvious wind transport of snow.</p>