Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A good shot of new snow and strong winds have changed the landscape in the Whitney area. Collapsing, recent avalanches and heavy snow fall are stressing the poor snow pack structure. </p>
Was able to grab a couple more photos of this avalanche from yesterday on Double Hill while there was a brief period of clear weather.
It looked like much of Double Hill went through a natural avalanche cycle with some crowns filled back in and debris piles at the bottom of some slopes.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The recent storm has likely overloaded the weak snow pack with heavy snowfall and strong winds. Much of Double Hill went through a decent natural avalanche cycle with old crowns and debris piled up at the bottom of slopes. There was not wide spread natural avalanches from what I could tell around the area and the cold light density snow might not have been enough load right now to trigger a lot of the terrain. </p> <p>Poking around the recent avalanche from yesterday, this pencil hard slab is a good indication that the wind has been hammering much of the exposed terrain and putting a hard dense slab on a weak snow pack. </p>
Great low density snow that rides and turns very well. The coverage is pretty amazing for this time of the year and the recent storm has delivered around 18-20" of very nice cold low density snow.