Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Only real active Red Flag observed today besides daytime warming and Loose Wet was confined to issues related to the previously mentioned graupel. The skin track that was used on Friday (before the last round of snow/graupel came in) was covered by significant graupel runnells that were at least 30cm deep. These Loose Dry graupel stuffs initiated in the steep cliff areas and ran over 150 vertical to the transition zones where the slope angles let up. Concern for similar issues with the potential for graupel pooling in any cliff areas on the polar aspects may possibly come into play once the next round of snow and wind come in on Monday. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>See above. </p> <p>See above for potential for Isolated lingering Wind Slabs in exposed terrain at Mid and Upper Elevations in the morning hours. And, the potential for additional Wind Loading and more Reactivity possible on Sunday afternoon may be Likely. </p>
Storm totals at mid BCC amounted to 38cm with the final 10cm consisting of mixed forms and predominantly graupel. Riding in the same zone as the previous day saw conditions being much improved. New snow was more based up and the addition of the graupel topping allowed for less bottom feeding on the southerly aspects. Four Finger Plus Wind Slabs up to at least 15cm were observed and these were easily shearing on the lighter density storm snow below these isolated slabs. S and SW aspects got damp/wet by mid day and will be crusted on Sunday.