Quick report
- Aspect
- Southeast
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 2957 m
- Slope Angle
- 22°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Potential for previous wind slabs to be hidden by the new storm snow. </p>
Not entirely convinced that southerly aspects are free of poor structure. Although I was able to find faceted snow on SE aspects, I was unable to initiate a fracture in test pits.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Although it has been active only sporadically, this is still my primary concern. Anything above 9k holding old snow or with an easterly aspect is suspect. I don't see this going away anytime soon. Didn't see any slab activity within the storm snow and dry loose activity was manageable today.</p> <p>Lots of transport pre-frontal from this past storm. NE aspects seem especially loaded farther down slope than expected from high wind speeds. Lots of cross loading across gullies. </p>
~20cm new snow, evidence of wind transport early in the storm. Right side up new snow, stellar dendrites on top of fragmented particles. Mid afternoon I was able to find some RR in the cold sunny southerly snow, however, I don't see this being a future issue.