Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>there have been collapses and avalanches in the region lately, but we got/saw neither today. </p>
I'll use this opp to get on my soapbox (a "soapbox" doesn't really sound sturdy enough to stand on....) As we await the next storms and it's still early season but there's 3-4' of snow on the ground it's a good opportunity to bury a pack with a beacon in it (in fabricated avy debris) to practice rescues.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I dug a quick hand pit at about 9500 on a NE facing slope (middle Ivory) and was a little surprised to get a clean midpack shear about 16" down, tho it took a bit of tugging on it for it to break loose. And of course there were facets near the ground. We are still wary of the high north and northish aspects in steeper/more exposed terrain, tho we saw plenty of tracks today that tickled that stuff. </p>
It doesn't seem like too much surface hoar is building up (I was able to make a snowball with the surface snow), so that bodes well for the interface for our next storm, if that ever comes.....