Quick report
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Many of the different groups experienced cracking and collapsing in a 12-16" deep slab overlying the Thanksgiving faceted snow. </p>
Danger rating? Moderate likelihood, Considerable consequence.....
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Cracking and collapsing tells the tale of concern for W>N>E above 9000' (perhaps a few pockets even lower?). Wide range of results with ECT tests with many showing full propagation with easy to moderate numbers of taps with same layering. Facets seem to be quite loose though slowly adjusting to the slab above. Top cm or two of slab now faceting with patches of surface hoar present. </p> <p>I'd still avoid steeper northerly terrain. Inherent in the structure, these persistent slabs demonstrate what I'd call, poor "predictive behaviour". Avoidance or slopes less than 35 degrees seems the equalizer here. </p>
Quite good riding conditions.