Quick report
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Not much in the red flag department today, the new snow itself was not enough to change the hazard much, but the winds that accompanied the storm likely added a denser slab on top in the exposed terrain. </p>
A few new inches around Gold Hill today helped smooth out conditions a little bit, but could still feel some of the old sled tracks.
Up the highway from the trailhead just a couple new inches and it is still quite thin.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Did not feel like the recent storm changed the conditions too much out of the wind, only 6" or so in the Gold Hill area. My snow pit stability test resulted in a ECTP22 that failed down near the ground on early season faceted snow. Maybe getting a little harder to trigger a slide on some slopes, but find the right weak spot and a deep and dangerous avalanche is very likely.</p> <p>I did not observe much in the way of wind instabilities today and conditions appear to have settled out. Another storm this evening should ramp up the wind drifted snow issue for tomorrow.</p>
Not a big storm, but 6" helped to smooth out the old snow surface. I was still feeling the old sled tracks but it was a nice refresher and maybe a little more tonight.