Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
Cracking was observed on fresh wind slabs on NE aspects.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 25
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Rain Elevation
- 3200
- Recent Snowfall
- 9
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Scatterd snow and graupel fell throughout the day and was heavy at times. Strong wind from the SW persisted all day on the ridgetops.
Snowpack
We found 15cm of storm snow resting on a 4cm sun crust with 2mm preserved surface hoar from Wednesday on solar aspects. Significant wind loading has produced fresh wind slabs and cornice growth. The new snow interfaces failed in compression tests but did not propigate and are still too soft to produce a cohesive slab. A thin layer of facets resting on the Febuary rain crust, 85cm from surface, showed propagation potential (ECTP26).