Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Despite the lack of snow at lower elevations, there's plenty of coverage up high. In fact, with 80" of total snow, the Tony Grove Lake Snotel reports 94% of average SWE for the date.
- We found very nice, over-the-hood, deep powder riding in the meadows, and we stayed in safe terrain, off of, well away from, and out from under slopes steeper than 30 degrees.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The lighter snow is easily drifted, even by moderate winds blowing from the west.</p>
Significantly more new snow above about 8500', with great powder riding in the meadows and in low-angle terrain.