Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Still have the buried SH on the radar, tried to stay out of wind loaded areas up high today. Could also see some activity in the afternoons on sun affected slopes. </p>
Skiing was overall pretty good today, nice to be out in the sun. Winds cranking up high and some loose activity by early afternoon.
Loose point releases on west facing at about 1pm
Small loose Avalanche off the west facing side of Rainbow Peak. Couldn't see starting zone. Probably occurring mid day
Old Avalanche on Lake Shot below No Name Baldy, same as reported earlier but photo with some sun. Likely happened during the storm last week or just after.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Dug on a N facing slope at 9800 ft and didn't find the buried weak layer, weakest layer was a small amount of graupel down about 3 feet but didn't shear easily or with much energy. </p> <p>With warming we saw some sluffs releasing under rocks and on steep west facing slopes.</p>
Good powder down low early, getting heavier as the day went on, wind buffed higher on some of the ridges, probably loading on other aspects.