Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The crust layer was almost supportable on south aspects with an astounding amount of graupel beneath it from 8000' up, today's storm started to come in while we were going down and the wind was moving anything around on the ridgelines. Beneath the graupel layer everything was pretty saturated with water and quite heavy. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Not sure what the graupel layer will end up being, lots of heat may round it out but I don't think I've seen that much graupel to be honest. It could linger in spots and make for issues underneath cliff bands and anywhere else it may pool. </p> <p>Wind has been blowing pretty hard since Thursday in all kinds of directions... you could encounter wind slabs on all aspects at this point. </p>
I assume you could find better conditions on North facing stuff and in the trees. What we found was edge-able.