Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Snowpack structure varies greatly from terrain, elevation, and aspect. Fair structure on E aspect (Cardiac Ridge), while Poor structure on N facing terrain in Mineral Fork. </p>
Snowpack varies greatly with aspect, elevation and terrain feature. Lots of variability out there. I personally would be aware of areas that have preserved the persistent weak layers. Especially areas that have faceted grains above and below the rime/rain crust. I think the snowpack is stubborn and bonding tests like ECT's and CT don't allows equate to the poor snowpack structure we have.
Side note: very few people in Cardiff Fork.
I would expect to see a size-able avalanche cycle with the forecasted winds and water weight. Thanks to Allison and Jen for a good tour.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Only a matter of time! Poor snowpack structure on North aspects around treeline. </p> <p>Increasing forecasted winds could create a problem in short term future with all the fresh light density snow. </p>
Snow surface stayed cold during the day. No real slab even at Cardiac Ridge in the new storm snow. New snow did sluff (D1)