Quick report
Widespread rollerballs on south aspects not entraining snow to produce loose avalanches Only observed rollerballs (widespread from solar) that never entrained snow into avalanches even on steep (40 deg) terrain
Weather
- Wind Loading
- light
- Rain Elevation
- 4000
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
AM: Overcast skies with light snow showers. Some blowing snow in bottom half of Pineapple Basin but hard to find any localized wind slab. More a smooth wind press with minor localized cracking in top 5cm. Ski pen only 20cm versus 40cm down in Big Trees. PM: Sky went to few clouds midday with increasing high clouds later afternoon. Precip none. Winds lighter on south side of Pineapple Pass than north side.
Snowpack
~100cm of settling storm snow over 1/3 crust. More dense near surface but saw very little signs of cohesion in active tests. Inconsistent results on interface and graupel layers in hand shears. South aspects got damp mid day @4500’ SW: Hs 170cm 100cm to 1/3 crust @4000 NE: Hs 165cm 85cm to 1/3 crust