Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A pocket of wind slab exists at the high elevation here and there, but things are pretty locked in. </p> <p>There were a couple new wet slides from earlier this week on the Willard side of the headwall, and a loose wet on the skier's right side on the Ben Lomond end. No new avalanche activity noted in the last two days. </p>
Skinning now starts at the luge/Refrigerator Canyon; the road is pretty much all gravel. The headwall below Willard is starting to get pretty bony as well, with talus peeking through the snow surface.
Snowpack
Snow surface through midday was nearly all varieties of firm at the mid and upper elevations, with a healthy surface freeze. Crampons of some kind were a good idea. Surface was soft enough to ride below 8000ft or so between 11am and noon depending on aspect, but I wouldn't be surprised if the high elevations were icy and firm all day with the wind and cooler temps.