Storm Slabs
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Possible
- Dimensione
- 2
The new snow is behaving in the mid and upper elevations for the most part. Visibility did not allow for widespread travel on Sunday but I did not see any concerns in areas I did travel. Here's what I know:
- We've received 16 to 18 inches of snow containing 2 to 3 inches of water since Thursday. That is a lot of water in a short period of time - red flag.
- There was strong wind Friday that drifted snow - red flag.
- The new snow does not seem sensitive to tests or slope cuts at this time.
My only concern with the new snow at this point would be in areas that received large amounts of wind drifted snow on Friday. The most likely places to trigger a wind drifted snow avalanche today would be on very steep upper elevation slopes that face north through southeast. It's tricky to spot the drifts and slabs from Friday since they've been covered up by new snow without any wind.