Quick report
Great snow qulity and improving visibility. We witnesses good stability with few minor D-1 natural avalanches in the upper foot on shaded and solar aspects.
Very small, D-1 harmless dry loose and fresh very small D-1 wet loose as afternoon sunshine heated South facing rocks. We observed some tracks on steep slopes on all aspects without any failures. Steep sidehill cuts with snowmobiles above my partners tracks did not even provide 1 crack.Weather
- Air Temp
- 10
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Rain Elevation
- NA
- Recent Snowfall
- 35
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Fog and clouds lifted bringing mostly sunny skies. Light to moderate gusty North-Northwest wind.
Snowpack
2 test pits showed a lack of propigation and a soft upper 1-2 feet. Rain crusts that formed in early January are breaking down from the cold temps.