Snowpack

Mt. Baldy Rock Creek Bowl

Zach GuyGunnison
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Quick report

The snowpack is rotten and weak on the northern half of the compass. It is melting away and lacks obvious weak layers on southern-facing slopes.  No avalanche concerns today, but plenty of rock hazard concerns.  

Snowpack

On the northern half of the compass, the snowpack is faceted and weak throughout: Fist hard 1.5-2mm facets with ski pen close to the ground and shallow facet sluffing in steep, windsheltered terrain.  The snowpack gets a bit denser and stronger in windrifted areas.  East aspects are the transition from all weak facets on NE to supportive crusts and wet snow on SE.  I found a mix of dry, faceted snow,  moist facets, and surface crusts of varying thickness on east aspects.   Dirt is emerging on low-elevation east aspects, and southerly aspects are mostly bare except for some high-elevation bowls.  Snow depths where I traveled were typically less than 30cm.