Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
The southerly aspects were still a little bushy for easy travel for all but the biggest animals.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>There were some strong wind slabs in the open areas. We did not venture into steeper terrain, but on lower angle terrain these slabs felt like they had lots of energy when ski cut. My feeling is that on a steeper slope, these could easily slide.</p> <p>In areas we put in hand pits, we did not observer significant facets. The snowpack on on the northeast aspect was damp along the ground and no slab layers were observed. </p> <p>There was a faire amount of buried graupel on the northeast aspects. With another storm, this could be a cause for concern.</p>
The south and southwest aspect had surprisingly stout sun crusts from Sunday. The northeast through southeast aspects had preserved powder. High, exposed areas had a strong wind crust
The snowpack on the southwest aspect was still very shallow.