Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 20°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>I noted a few drifts up to around 6" deep. These didn't crack although they were not on steep slopes either.</p>
My main objective today was to take a quick look at the new snow and to test the new snow penetrometer device from Avatech. I dug in a location I use frequently in Albion Basin where there is no skier traffic. I dug a pit to manually look at the layering and the hand-hardness. I also used the electronic probe right next to the pit wall. I'm pretty impressed that the electronic probe produced a very similar profile (image below) to what I was seeing in my manual observations.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Wind drifted snow would be the only minor concern out there. I'm not sure if there was even enough to bump the danger into the MODERATE catagory.</p>
The new snow contained a little graupel. This medium density snow definitely improved riding conditions.