Quick report
Found nice snow conditions while traveling through mid and upper elevations today.
- 243cm deep snowpack at 6500' on a north facing slope.
- Early Feb. crust/facet combo buried 114cm below the surface. Facets appear to be rounding, but still very present.
- ECTX on a right-side up snowpack above the crust layer (see photo)
- Could see recently formed cornices and wind slabs on southerly aspects of Link Mountain
- No instability noted on small convex rollovers that were approaching 40 degrees.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 25
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- n/a
- Recent Snowfall
- 53
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
alternating clouds and partly sunny with some light snow tossed in. great day to be in the mountains.
Snowpack
- Generally stable conditions during the tour today.
- Did not have any cracking or whumphing while traveling on NW-N-NE aspects at mid and upper elevations.
- ECTX at 6500' with a right-side up snowpack (see below)
- 2cm crust layers at 36, 62, and 92 below surface. all three layers had rounded facets above and/or below. All were well bonded.
- 243cm deep snowpack, deepest I've seen this season. Almost looks like winter...
- Facets are still above 20230203 crust layer that was buried about 115cm deep.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R1
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 2
- Aspect
- S
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 6500 ft
only these two avalanches were observed