Storm Slabs
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Possible
- Tamaño
- 2
The new snow was pretty well behaved on Thursday. There were two things I noted.
- The new low density snow was prone to sluffing on very steep slopes. Now that it's had some more time to settle I doubt that we'll see much of that today.
- I did find one location where I was able to get a slope to crack out from a distance. It was on an east facing slope that had very loose facets that were on the surface prior to the storm. The slope had about 8 or 10" of new snow that had become just damp enough to form a cohesive slab over the weak facets. I'm not all that concerned about this situation in the short term but it could be a hint at things to come with additional storms.
Overall, we are still dealing with fairly stable conditions. There may be some pockets scattered around where a person could get the new snow to crack out. They shouldn't pose much threat unless you are above exposed terrain.
Backcountry observations: