Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Some cracking of the new wind drifts, but also very localized cracking on MF crusts that are beneath the new snow on some aspects.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Today's wind drifts should settle out rapidly once the winds stop blowing.</p> <p>This is tomorrow's Avy Problem - if the weather forecast of clear skies, direct sun and temps warming 10 degrees or more verifies. Expect tomorrow's wet activity to mostly be confined to the newest snow, but widespread, on most aspects and elevations. Early start, early finish tomorrow. With the prolonged warming in the forecast, deeper layers in the snowpack will start to come into play. It will be tricky - a lot of variation with just slight changes in aspect. </p>
Excellent turning and riding - about 6" from past 2 days. Powder seemed to be staying dry on north, as low as about 8000'. Sunnier aspects 3 to 6" dense snow on smooth, mostly supportable crusts. Clear cold skies overnight should keep snow dry into tomorrow morning.