Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>checked out low to mid elevation snowpack and wasn't surprised to find a 50 cm cohesionless snowpack with snow no denser than 4F, and that's being generous. Impossible to test as failure/collapse/propagation occured upon any attenpt at isolation. Weakest of the weak is the basal facet layer 10 to 15 cm thick. 4 to 5 mm facets. NNE facing 7100' slope.</p>
1. Shallow, weak snowpack.
2. Small surface hoar development on shady N facing terrain.
3. Normally frozen-over creek is open and running.
4. Localized collapsing, small cracking.
The small surface hoar and underlying NSF made for fun, fast sliding conditions on very low angle, shaded slopes.
Snowpack
anything in the sun was warm and gloppy at low and mid elevations