Quick report
- Collapsing
- isolated
Today was a rec day of skiing for fun. Our snowpit test at 7000' on an east aspect yielded a hard non-propagating result in a layer of near crust facets approximately halfway down within the snowpack. We heard a large whumpf while we were skinning along the top of Wisherd Ridge on our second lap up. The slab sitting on top of weak facets near the ground is soft but becomes more consolidated as you move to more north facing aspects at ridge line. Coverage is still minimal at lower elevations.
We experienced one large whumpf on the top of Wisherd Ridge.Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 40
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Very light to light snowfall throughout the day and overcast skies. The wind was light and from the west. Temps felt cold but definitely warmer than the arctic cold front temps we've had over the last few days.
Snowpack
We dug a pit around 7000' on an east aspect. The depth was 34 inches (85cm). A slab of about 16 inches of new and recent snow sits on top of a faceted melt-freeze crust with facets above it and continued facets to the ground. The slab was fist hard on east and southeast aspects and becomes more consolidated as you move into more north facing aspects at ridge line. We were most concerned about the facets above the crust. We performed an extended column test and got a hard non-propagating result (ECTN24) in this layer of concern.