Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A spike in the winds yesterday and this morning created some sensitive wind slabs on east and southeast facing slopes. These became a minor issue as the wind decreased and temperatures warmed up.</p>
A decent debris pile from an older natural avalanche on Moffit Peak.
Steady northwest winds the last 12 hrs created fresh wind slabs on east and southeast facing slopes. These were sitting on a buried slick melt freeze crust and were a little reactive this morning, but should have settled out during the day.
Took a photo of the Double Hill avalanche that happened this weekend from Moffit Peak. Easy to see how this slope gets heavily wind loaded from west and southwest winds.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>A period of steady northwest winds yesterday and this morning developed fresh wind slabs on east through southeast facing slopes. They were somewhat pockety, but would propagate ahead of skis and sled. These were failing on a buried slick melt freeze crust. As the winds decreased and temperatures warmed many of these were settling out and not very reactive. </p> <p>Still need to keep the persistent slab problem on the radar with rising temperatures which might weaken the strength of the snow pack.</p>
A couple inches new snow from yesterday that is sitting on a firm supportable melt freeze crust and go anywhere riding at the mid and upper elevations. Slight northwest breeze kept the wet activity in check and the riding and turning conditions were quite good. Still some cold dry snow in protected areas.