Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Elevation
- 2896 m
- Slope Angle
- 35°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Eggshell cracking w/ shallow running sluffs on high NW, cracking in all upper elevation terrain, shooting cracks on upper elevation south aspects. No collapsing observed.</p>
Skinned up Grizzly Gulch, skied East Bowl, skinned up West Bowl (snowpit en route), skied Main Silver, skinned up West Bowl, skied Emma Ridges back into LCC. The skiing was very good everywhere but the high NW (scoured, thin, icy). As expected, the best snow was on Main Silver, and the south was surprisingly good as well.
Overall stability was good with only minor sluffing. Ski cuts reactive on NW, not reactive on NE, reactive on S (sluffing). I expect stability to decrease with added water weight and further wind slab development.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Lake effect bands continue to dump snow in the Cottonwood Canyons</p> <p>Moderate to high NW winds loading NE/E/SE slopes, be wary of wind slabs in upper elevations and cross-loading on exposed NE slopes</p>