Quick report
Wind drifts, bed surface, rime and graupel all found ascending from jacobs ladder. Northern ridge within Burt ravine is wind loaded up high Ammo ravine was looking scoured up high with some catch spots holding wind slabs Top of Monroe brook looked smooth and wind loaded A
Weather
- Air Temp
- 14°
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 13.5”+
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Throughout our tour we experienced a broken sky with clouds quickly moving over the summit cone. Down low and mostly up until jacobs ladder we were protected by the winds. Once at jacobs ladder wind shelter was gone and winds were moderate sustained with higher end of moderate gusts. Thus stopping us there. Previous wind transport and while there noticed minimal snow available for transport.
Snowpack
At the base of the cog (2500’) surface snow density was F and unaffected. At 3300’ density changed to 4F. 4F to 1F change at 4000’ Scoured and variable at 4725’ and above jacobs ladder