Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Strong winds overnight created sensitive soft slabs and substantial cornice growth.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Easy to observe from a distance as you make your trip plan... winds have been blowing from the left (windward) and loading slopes on the right (leeward)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>And of course, re-evaluating as you go along and spotcasting throughout the day can help you make solid decisions before blindly center-punching a slope.</p> <p>Subtle cracking and collapsing I experienced yesterday on an east facing slope.</p> <p> </p> <p>A quick pit reveals our cust/facet combo</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>And a snowpit stability test clearly illustrates reactivity</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
About 12" of cold, creamy, right-side-up snow