Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
About 10 inches of new loose snow on top of a 10 inch or so firmer slab which released without a lot of effort with a fairly clear shear (Q2). This was on the leeward side of a wind-sculpted ridge at about 11 am.
One small ski cut released a big unruly herd of rollerballs. Time to leave.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>My guess is this problem will light up pretty early tomorrow as the upper elevation snow didn't settle a lot today.</p> <p>I think it could be possible to find a reactive wind pocket tomorrow on the highest and most sheltered steep N facing points. It wouldn't take much in those locations to have big consequences</p>
Snow from about 9400 ft to 10,300 on leeward slopes was loose and creamy until the sun came out. Windward was blown off and sculpted. Below that was much thinner and more dense (wet). No evidence of rain. No red flags other than wind transport. Heating was rapid when the sun came out - a ski cut at 1pm on a steep slope at 10,300 with a little westerly aspect released a huge display of roller balls. Last run at 2pm on due North facing was still good riding but much more dense and wet than 2 hours earlier. Everything steep below about 9,700 feet was rollerballing when skied and was quite wet. Today was a nice day to be out but I think conditions tomorrow will be pretty character-building, with different degrees of crust overlying loose, medium density wet snow.