Quick report
We got out for a quick tour this afternoon to get an inventory of surface conditions and a look around before the next storm arrives. The only recent avalanche activity we saw was a chunk of a glide crack that had recently released below Tincan Proper. Surfaces were mainly dust on crust at elevations below 2500', with 4 to 8" softer snow above that. The softer snow on the surface has started to facet during the previous week of clear weather.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Light easterly winds at the ridgetop. Temperatures in the low teens F at the parking lot. Mostly cloudy skies with increasing cloud cover through the day.
Snowpack
We were out for a quick inventory of surface conditions ahead of this next round of stormy weather. Here's what we saw:
- Very thin coverage up to alder line.
- Dust on crust up to around 2500'.
- 4-8" soft snow at higher elevations.
- We could not feel the holiday crust with pole probes above 2750'.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R1
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- S
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 3000 ft
We saw a large chunk of a glide crack that recently released below Tincan Proper.