Quick report
- Aspect
- Southwest
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2652 m
- Slope Angle
- 15°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No facet layer found in NW pit at 8800'. Facet layer found in the SE pit at 8700' was moist and variable. I was able to make a snowball with this layer in the pit, but had some more sugary facets just a few feet away. Soft but increasing wind loading noted on ridgelines and below. Some small cornice and wind drift formation noted that was reactive, but not very well connected, yet. </p>
Two snow pits dug today. The first in peterson hollow at 8800' on NNW slope showed nice structure and deep snowpack. The second was in the Beaver backside on a ESE slope at 8700' and showed signs of the facet layer healing and moist, but still present. Picture 1= Perterson hollow profile, Picture 2= Beaver backside profile, picture 3= wind drifting/ cornice formation.
Snowpack
mostly wet snow today. 1-2mm graupel fell for a short period around 1100 this morning. snow surface was new, wet snow with small and soft, but reactive, wind drifting noted.