Garden Wall

We teamed up with our friends at USGS to check the amounts and stability of new snow in Glacier National Park. 

• We found 1 to 2 feet of fluffy new snow above 5000 feet. 
• The new snow sluffed easily under our feet.
• Though avalanches were small, some ran long distances on the firm crust below. 
• Steep and rocky terrain produced recent natural sluffs; again, these were small in size. 
• Winds were calm during our tour. We found little evidence of wind effect.  

We rode knee-deep powder one-at-a-time on slopes angled 30 to 35 degrees, and group skied on slopes less than 30 degrees. Pretty amazing mid-April pow day. 

Natural and human-triggered dry sluffs in the new snow on steep slopes.

@5000 to 6500 ft: 30 to 40 cm new snow (F) on top of stout crust.

@6500 to 7400 ft (high point): 35 to 45 cm new snow (F) on top of 5 to 10 cm old snow (4F+)  from 4/11-4/14, resting on stout crust (K).  Small rounding facets at the crust interface.  Wet snow below the crust.