Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2652 m
- Slope Angle
- 28°
Snow structure was even worse in the forest on the Swan Flat (northwest facing) side of the ridge. I could tell there was a widespread weakness just by planting my pole into the snow and feeling it easily drop a few inches in the loose facets and then stop on the hard and icy Thanksgiving crust.
Lovely day to spend in the Bear River Range above the big turquois lake. A couple more inches of light snow from yesterday further improved the shallow powder conditions, and it's easy to get around on a mostly supportable base.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This problem appears to be persisting. Weak, faceted snow from December is not getting any stronger and is subject to significant temperature gradient especially where shallow. </p> <p>I was able to crack a few shallow old wind slabs while making my way along the ridge.</p>
Nice fast shallow powder conditions on mostly supportable base