Snowpack

Observation: Steam Mill Peak

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Quick report

Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
Red Flags Comment
<p>did not see any natural slides, cracking or collapsing</p>

video of ski cutting wind slab.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Sensitive wind slab in exposed areas. See video below. This was soft slab on a southeast 35 deg. slope at 8100ft. While most of the wind has loaded north slopes there was still wind loaded slopes around the compass!</p> <p>Poor structure deep in the snow pack but with testing a could not get a failure. Worrisome all the same. </p>

Classic dry, cold,  light powder on all aspects of the compass with the exception of some shallow wind slab in exposed areas.