Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2347 m
- Slope Angle
- 27°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Localized cracking, no shooting cracks or collapses.</p>
See photos from snow pit.
Weak basal facets.
I think the danger rating will be high tomorrow with more snow and rain especially on steeper higher elevation slopes N through E.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>ECTP at 15 and 24 within the new snow on distinct layers of graupel. Wind loading of new snow. I expect these layers to heal relatively quick.</p> <p>Old faceted snow 50 cm above the ground. This weakness is more likely to persist and probably needs a bigger load to be reactive. New snow and or rain will contribute to the load. I was surprised that the ECT didn't fail on this layer. The shear test failed above the basal facets with moderate effort popping out cleanly.</p>
Mixed graupel and rimed stellars and needles.