Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
- Collapsing
- isolated
We observed slide-for-life conditions (bulletproof windslab) on SE-S aspects at mid-elevations (below treeline) in the southern Whitefish range. There was some cracking and a few isolated whumphs in the most developed wind slabs. Pockets of soft snow could be found in sheltered areas and the solar input didn’t seem to have as strong of an effect as we anticipated. Isolated collapsing and cracking in wind drifted snow slabs.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- clear
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Clear, cold, cloudless day with stellar visibility.
Snowpack
Windslab development (1cm to 10cm thick) on S-SE aspects exist below treeline in the mid-elevation band with soft unconsolidated snow beneath down to the 02/08 crust.