Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2987 m
- Slope Angle
- 35°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Several wind pillows and striations could be seen in between very intense wind gust on PC side of ridgeline. No Name, South and West Monitors were heavily loaded as wind and new snow created wind pillows 1/3 of way down each slope. Poor visibility prevented any opportunity for pics.</p>
Widespread collapsing on all windloaded NE,NW,SW,SE aspects. Mid elevation, wind sheltered trees had 31" of new snow which made trailbreaking #@!%ng brutal. Rolled up to ridgeline and got pommeled by an angry, cold wind. Would not recommend approaching anything off PC side of ridgeline for several days.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>"Pirate Planks" were very widespread along PC ridgeline.</p>
Widespread cracking and collapsing as upside down pack was weighted by skier. Several areas along PC ridgeline were heavily wind drifted with very sensitive cornices breaking naturally from overload. Trail breaking was a lesson in fortitude!