Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A few red flags today with the new snow and gusty winds which fell on a variety of crusts and weak faceted snow. Some of these crusts will support some weight, but with forecasted heavy snow, wind and high snow water totals natural avalanches should be very likely.</p>
A quick snowpit shows the denser new snow sitting on the weak sugary snow below. I could not isolate a column as the weak snow below collapsed under the weight.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>A weak layer of sugary faceted snow is now buried under today's 5-8"of new snow and is quickly getting overloaded. I was experiencing cracking and collapsing today as the snowpack struggles to adjust to the weight. The avalanche danger should quickly rise with more snow and wind.</p>
Several inches of medium density snow overnight with winds which created some inverted upside down snow conditions in the Murdock area.