Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
I hesitate to call these avalanches because they didn't run far. On a bigger slope I suspect it would be a different story. The first 3 photos are at 8100 ft and the last 2 are at 7200 ft.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Upside down snow. Easily triggered and remotely triggered wind slabs. Test slopes ran 60-80 vertical ft and varied from 40-100 ft across. NNE 40 degree slope at 8100 ft. This ran on a density change between yesterday's snow and today's new snow which was about 4 inches above the old snow crust. We didn't venture into steeper more avalanche prone terrain as approach from below didn't seem wise. Unable view Ben Lomond or ridges to the south due to cloud cover.</p> <p>Remotely triggered a slide while skiing on a steeper section of a nearby slope. N 34-36 degree slope at about 7200 ft. This ran on buried surface hoar and NSF.</p>
Dense wind packed powder above weather station which was about 12 inches deep. Wet damp sticky snow below weather station about 4-6 inches.