Quick report
- Aspect
- West
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2896 m
Dug a pit next to an avalanche flank from yesterday. Noted the snow failing on the same weak facets below the snow. Like others, in this location there where two facets crusts, most avalanches have been failing on the top crust. I noted in a CT though that the lower crust broke. Going foward with more snow we could see avalanches breaking down to near the ground.
It was chilling and windy in the mountains with broken sky and moderate winds. Good snow was to be found in the right locations.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Weak faceted snow is located below the new snow. It has been consistently propagating in stability tests as well as producing avalanches.</p> <p>With strong NW wind loading was happening on many slopes.</p>