Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of loose wet slides on sun exposed slopes (NE to at least SE). I left before noon maybe enough cloud cover building to somewhat protect W facing slopes? Also of note: I found a pair of gloves on the skin track, apparently dropped by the only other person going up Days Fk from the bottom early this morning. Contact [email protected] to claim</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Slope cuts on steeper (33 plus deg slopes) were consistently releasing loose wet avalanches running long distances, one over 700 ft vertical, relatively fast for wet snow (very little adhesion to the old snow surface). Cold slopes were staying intact and provided good riding conditions but may be gone by the end of the day. The wet slides were entraining enough snow and moving fast and far enough to be a threat, large enough to knock down and carry a rider and fill up a terrain trap.</p>
Shady N facing snow was still cold at noon, anything with sun exposure was quite damp. Firm, not quite frozen, dust covered old snow beneath