Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Sunday's storm snow and wind delivered a one-two punch and there was a significant avy cycle on steep, leeward slopes in the windzone. Yesterday's heat produced some minor damp dribblers</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p></p> <p>Easily managed with slope angle and terrain choices, yesterday I was able to initiate shallow sluffs on sustained, steep slopes.</p> <p> </p> <p>I noted a few moist dribblers cascading from steep rocky terrain, triggered shallow sluffs on nearby slopes during my exit at about 13:00 hours</p> <p> </p> <p>Triggered naturally during Sunday's intense storm, this is a meaty piece of snow in Upper Chalk Creek I observed from an opposing ridgeline. While there may be an old lingering drift or two in the alpine... I think they're glued in place and becoming harder to trigger.</p>
Most terrain took on heat, but high northerlies kept their cool, delivering cold, creamy snow.