Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
Toured up the eastern side of cornice pt (formally squaw pt.) thin cover with log mazes, and bear grass poking through the snow until higher elevations. Still thin cover with lots of rocks, sticks, and logs to dodge even at 8000’. Few inches of new snow was reactive in small wind slabs near the ridges, but really no other signs of instability. North facing terrain looked tempting, but poor snowpack structure, low snow cover, and that feeling of “it’s just not ready yet”/spider sense had me staying out of avalanche terrain and on an eastern aspect. With forecasted snow this coming weak, I’m going to continue to stay out of avalanche terrain and let the snowpack adjust to the (hopefully) new load. “Contain the stoke” Minor cracking of new snow in wind drifted locations.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 28
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 2-3 inches
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Nice day out in the mountains, cold from the wind on ridges.
Snowpack
2-3 inches of new snow. Thin and variable snowpack at all elevations. Only had 70cms in a pit at 7700’ on an east aspect. Poor snowpack structure and a CT 5 at 6 cms from ground on sugar facets. Surface crust collapsed when cutting column. Not sure how strong it is in this area, with only 2 inches, not much of a concern/slab resting on it, but with an additional 2-3 feet?