Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No red flags except for the presence of a PWL.</p>
Below are two snow profiles documenting the PWL; however, my main concern for the future is weakening of the snow surface. The surface hoar likely won't survive, but there are small facets on most northerly facing slopes. The surface snow will continue to weaken during warm sunny days and clear cold nights.
We didn't see any signs of instability - no avalanches, no collapses, no cracking, no recent loading, no wind loading, and stability test scores that have been going up.
First profile on the backside (west side) of double hill
Second profile near Moffit Pass
Beautiful day out there. Worth getting into the hills.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The PWL of old, faceted snow from November is still there but generally dormant now.</p>
Crusted snow on south facing and great recycled powder on north facing. The snow is generally very supportable, even on foot in many places.