Quick report
- Cracking
- widespread
A natural storm slab avalanche cycle occurred this morning involving 6-10" of storm snow. In steeper wind loaded terrain, crowns up to 18" were observed by our guide team. Our snowpits confirmed the presence of facets beneath a crust buried 30 cm down (as of 9am this morning). These facets are F hard and produced unstable test results where we dug this morning (ECTP3 @ 30 cm in one pit and ECTP3 @ 35 cm in another). We did not see any avalanches on this layer today but as more of a load gets deposited on our weak upper snowpack, I would expect to see some large avalanches fail on this layer.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 30
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 40 cm by end of day
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
S3 snowfall rates most of the day.