Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Poor snowpack structure continues to make me pull back and ride terrain that had little to no consequence. Even though I think the snowpack danger rating is MODERATE for this area we acted and made choices like it was CONSIDERABLE. For me, the possibility chance of triggering a slab 2-4' deep and hundreds of feet wide has me stepping back. Most of us did not like the snowpack structure and the weak layer was easy to find and still softer than the snow around it. </p> <p> </p> <p>Our ECT showed no result up to 30 taps. We removed some snow and hit it harder and it propagated across the column with a clean shear. </p>
Below about 7500' the snow became very heavy. Once we gained the upper ridge some of the surface snow was wind effected and had a 1-3 inch thick wind slab. Made the skiing challenging.