Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Although the sun didn't come out much, rapid warming is something to watch for after a storm. Poorest structure was on solar aspects where the last series of storms fell on a melt freeze crust (east-south aspects where we were). The crust was capped by fine grain facets. </p>
Incredible riding conditions today, some of the best of the season. Travel was on all aspects except for west. Biggest worry was on slopes with a crust, south thru east where we were. The crust was of varying thicknesses, from very hard and supportable to crumbly and friable. The crusts were capped by fine grain facets in all cases. The newest storm snow is now hiding all the wind affect from Monday's erratic winds.
If you're traveling in steep, wind affected terrain I would say there is a considerable avalanche danger. Solar affect will be something to watch for tomorrow.
Snowpack
What little sun there was affected low elevation snow and snow facing the south half of the compass.