Quick report
Still an early season snowpack with 100cm or less at lower elevations and a lot of exposed rocks mid couloir. Well bonded right side up snow above the 12/7 crust.
No signs of instabilityWeather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Recent Snowfall
- 5
- Snow Avail For Transport
- none
Obscured day that began with no precip, and ended with light to mod snow by the afternoon (S1-S2). Light winds from the SW this morning switching more north this afternoon. No current wind transport but some evidence of previous loading.
Snowpack
Profile at 6600' on a SW aspects
Height of snow: 145cm Storm snow: 5cm
Upper snowpack had 5cm of new snow above two different wind pressed layers overlaying the 12/7 crust, which was 45cm down and almost 5cm thick. Below was another less stout crust, followed by dense P rounds.
Stability tests showed resistant planar results this weeks mid storm layers as well as the 12/7 crust. Found some small (1mm) faceting rounds above the crust.
Avalanche
No avalanches observed