Quick report
• No avalanche activity observed.
• In the Burnout path a 2-3 cm crust has formed on the snowpack’s surface from the previous few days. Beneath this crust the snowpack consists of F to 4F-hard facets. (See hardness profile below). The top 20 cm of the snowpack was moist.
• Above 5500’ this surface crust dissipated on easterly aspects. But then reappeared once we wrapped around onto a more southerly aspect in Shed 7 East at 6300’. (See hardness profile below).
• Westerly winds began to pick up in the afternoon and began transporting snow. 2-3” thick wind slabs had formed by 1500 hours but were unreactive.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 1
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
• The day began with broken skies and warming temperatures (40°F on the Canyon floor at noon). • Around 1300 skies became overcast, temperatures dropped, westerly winds picked up, and light snowfall began.