Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>None</p>
Mostly LOW danger in our terrain. Plenty of tracks on every steep slope, although the blue light in Flanigan's and the Guild Line was enough to obfuscate proper viewing of tracks.
HS at 9500' north facing was roughly 100cm. The snow surface did not seem as weak as I had pictured it to be; similarly the basal facet layer was thin, damp, and not alarming. Some weaknesses noted between the crusts - buried 65cm down - but not particularly weak and tests could not elicit a shear plane.
On our exit, the east to southeast facing snow was in the mid-elevation thermal belt was isothermal, but supportable with wide skis. One could fairly easily push a ski pole - basket first - to the ground. Skis penetrated wet snow about 40 cm.
Snowpack
The gamut. Wind and sun sheltered terrain has the best riding conditions, of course, with the weakest snow and surface hoar in the low elevations.