Quick report
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We had a surprising number of collapses today. Several collapses seemed to happen over a large area. </p>
Lots of unknowns with the snowpack and the PWL. Here's what I know:
- we had many collapses today (a bad sign)
- we didn't see any avalanches on the PWL nor were there any reports of any
- the odds of triggering a slide on the PWL have gone down a lot, but they are not zero.
- the best places to trigger a slide on facets is in a thin area near a rock (photo below)
There were some dry loose sluffs of the new snow from Thursday (first photo). There were also some loose wet slides (second photo)
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>There's a widespread weak layer, and it's easy to find but easy to forget about. All the collapses we got were a good reminder that the layer is there.</p> <p> </p> <p>However, here's the thing - the weak layer that was collapsing is different in the starting zones. Better or worse? I don't know, but I know it's different because most avalanche paths have certainly avalanched one or more times.</p> <p> </p> <p>Lots of roller balls today. A few small wet loose avalanches. </p>
Go anywhere hero conditions. However sunny slopes got quite wet today, but shady slopes will still have soft dry powder.