Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 2408 m
- Slope Angle
- 12°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We observed no red flags in our travels today. </p>
We traveled over several different types of weak surface snow, including small-grained near-surface facets and very weak sun and radiation recrystallization crusts.
photos:
1. Sun/RR crust 2. Big surface hoar in a sheltered gully 3. Loud powder - SH/NSF 4. Profile from about 8900' N-facing 5. Profile from about 7900' N-facing
Snowpack
Snow surface is a mixed bag. We found some great surface hoar in sheltered meadows and gullies and NSF on polars at all elevations. MF crust on solars. Off the top of the peak, the winds have done some real damage for a few hundred vertical feet. Wind buff and breakable wind crust except in the most protected areas.
We are using this period of high pressure to track the weakening snow surface, as that is where avalanches are likely to fail when we get our next load.