Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wetslide debris 20-50' across and 300-500' in length was present on almost all westerlies, new since 5/20. Late afternoon warming will likely continue to produce pinwheels and wet slides in the coming days.</p>
Much of Middle Cirque is getting tracked out, and we did our due diligence to put a few in Talking Mountain as well. We traversed around the compass and found melt-freeze and wind crusts, corn flake-sized near surface facets, and some good skiing on north-facing slopes. Wet slide debris evidenced late afternoon warming on west and southwest slopes.
Snowpack
While we found soft snow on high north-facing aspects, lower elevations and S-W-E faces had a 2-4in breakable crust. No wind slabs were reactive, but we kicked dinner plate crust on high leeward slopes. Some near-surface faceting has formed and we had some good turns in noisy recrystalized snow.