Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
We toured in the southern whitefish range to dig into our Persistent Slab problem.
- Rain at 4500 feet. Mixed precipitation around 5000 feet. Snow above 5500 feet.
- On southern aspects, at 5820 and 6500 feet, we found a structure of our Persistent Slab problem: facets above the 12/22 crust.
- On northern aspects, at 6800 feet, the 12/22 crust was less defined, with more uniform density within the snowpack.
- Key takeaway: the distribution of the Persistent Slab problem structure was more apparent on southerly aspects (SW, S, SE).
Weather
- Air Temp
- 32 to 30
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- none
- Rain Elevation
- 5000
- Recent Snowfall
- 3 cm
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Low visibility, calm winds and mixed precipitation at mid-elevations. At upper elevation, light snow and light winds.
Snowpack
Snowpits:
- 5820 feet, WSW aspect, HS: 120 cm
- moist snow of varying degrees to the ground.
- 6500 feet, SW aspect, HS: 145 cm.
- 12/22 crust down 70 cm from the surface.
- ECTN22. No propagation
- 6800 feet, NW aspect, HS: 175 cm.
- No distinct crusts, but a dense "block" down 105 from the surface.