Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 31°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Q1 compression failures CT 10-12, crust will be a player in next storm cycle that begins tomorrow</p>
see video discussion and stability tests
MF crust down about 16"-18"
large grained depth hoar at round, larger and more prevalent around brush and rocks
a look at the area from below, we stayed in the more treed area at lookers left , top of picture, slope angles 30-35 degrees with some rollovers that approached 40's.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>bond between todays new snow and old snow was not that strong due to cold temps , was able to get some sluffing on steeper terrain, so with more snow, or buried lower density snow under wind slab, things will be active tomorrow.</p> <p>more snow, more load</p>
On the way up in the flats a breakable crust had formed on top of old snow, but as soon as we got onto more sheltered north facing, the crust disappeared. Very supportable layer sitting on top of MF crust that was reactive in compression tests but would not propagate. This could quickly become an active layer with more loading. Q1 failures at crust on compression tests . Lots of very low density snow available for transport and as winds build ahead of next storm, loading will definitely accelerate and is most likely already occurring up higher on summit ridges We experienced no collapses, cracking or other signs of instability in the deeper pack, but still found areas of weaker facet snow very near trees and in very sheltered areas that created sand-box conditions on uptrack, you could just about count on it closer to larger trees