Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We avoided the sunny sides but there was definitely rapid warming occurring. Roller balls on East and West aspects</p>
We did find a bit of surface hoar development up on the ridge- most of it was getting blasted by the sun, but the shady spots still had a little nestled in the trees.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>For our tour, it seemed the lower avalanche rating combined with potential deeper instabilities were our biggest hazard today. We needed to consciously force ourselves to think and investigate a bit. Overall, the stability was good. A few hand shears on the pink pine ridge showed cohesion between the layers and did not reveal any instability. Ski cuts in steep terrain also showed good stability.</p>
Zipper crusts or more on all but the most Northerly and protected aspects. Still found some creamy snow. Snow is cohesive and difficult to move on steeper pitches.