Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2621 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind loading at the upper elevations. This is based on seeing the plumes and drifted snow. I skied in mid-elevation sheltered areas.</p> <p>Some basal facets in my profile.</p>
HS-24".
The basal 4" are damp 1-2mm facets (dug out behind glove) sitting on a damp ground surface. The upper 20" grades from 2 finger to fist hardness with a low density upper 2" from the last storm. Most of the snow above the facets accumulated during the big storm last Sunday.
Sleds were sinking to the ground in this area, mostly short tracks.
Photo below: Damp basal facets.
Overall I would say a low danger in this area and would guess at least moderate in the alpine.
Skied/traveled on north and south aspects today on both sides of Crazy Creek.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>In the area I skied normal caution due to a thin early season snow pack HS is 24" on north and 18" on south aspects.</p> <p>I would speculate that wind slabs would be the primary hazard in the alpine.</p>
Mostly powder with some damp snow and crusts on due south wind sheltered aspects at the mid-elevations.