Quick report
A beautiful day to get up high out of the inversion in the Willamette Valley. Crust is supportable making for nice touring. Starting to see a lot of runnels, so a refresh of snow would be nice. Warm week ahead, so watch for cornices shedding! Snowpack was very firm. Cornice failures on E aspect of Hogg, one of which caused a loose slide.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 45
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 5
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Stunner day. Forgot the sunscreen. Melt freeze crusts are going to rule for the. next week or so.
Snowpack
5cm new(ish) over 10-20cm melt-freeze crust. Below this? A whole lot of soft melt forms (4F). CTH Q2 about 50cm down. Dug full science pit to the ground (150cm) and man is the snow wet and isothermal. Average density 400-450.