Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Isolated, shallow, stiff wind slabs on the lee sides of terrain features,often adjacent to completely scoured areas. Winds were strong and erratic alternatley loading and scouring. Snowpack structure is slowly deteriorating. Nov10,11 snow has consolidated into a cohesive layer sitting on top of buried facets. The bottom 3-4" is developing depth hoar. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Isolated, stiff, shallow wind slabs exist on the lee sides of terrain features in exposed terrain on nearly all aspects due to the strong and erratic winds. Primary areas of concern are down below the ridges, beneath rock bands on slopes with NE-NW aspects, where enough snow has been deposited to create wider slabs. </p> <p>Snow pack structure continues to deteriorate with depth hoar, and clearly defined mid-level facet layer beneath the Nov 10,11 storm.</p>
Snow surface is pretty tired and worn with a little bit of everything going on. Lot's of scouring up high, down to the rocks in places. Some surface faceting and re-crystalized powder developing in sheltered areas. Sun crusts on exposed aspects.
Scouring on easterly aspects along the Horse Creek ridge.
Down to the rocks on Laurel Peak.