Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wow, ticked all but one box... </p> <p>Thundering, tree shacking collapses all day. Shooting cracks, cracking dinner plates. Storm over produced and there was an easy 10" of fresh. Wind was depositing deep below the ridge lines. Any where with out a tree every 10ft had textured snow, wind deposition etc. </p> <p>Also came upon what we think was a natural avalanche. Unsure, it could have been us, the collapses were traveling pretty far. But we didn't hear or notice any movement, just the crown. See below pic.</p> <p>Meanwhile trail breaking was pretty brutal. The unsupported facet farm underneath led to a bottomless feel, not to mention we spent about as much time walking over dead fall as we did on snow...</p>
Cracking and collapsing were the norm today. So much feedback, it was truly amazing. This was one of the larger cracks/collapses. There as just a little wind in this pocket that had started to firm up the slab.
This was the natural we stumbled upon. It was pretty fresh, but the way things were going today it could have been remotely triggered by us. E-NE 9400 ft.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Our poor snowpack structure found it's tipping point with 10" of new snow. PWL was overburdened and is very reactive/ touchy.</p> <p>Add some wind to the fresh snow and it started to connect the slab</p>
Seemed like a serious over producer; a welcomed change!