Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
We dug in Powder Park III at 9000' on a North aspect (HS135cm) and had an ECTP22 on the facet interface down 110 cm. Failure was on a P to 1F transition. Facets were 2-3mm, rounding and moist.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Northerly aspects were hit hard by wind overnight and during this morning above 9500'. Cracking was widespread in recent drifts, albeit shallow.</p> <p>The structure in the lower snowpack is still not terrific on high northerlies, though a very dense slab mid-pack has made triggering anything very difficult.</p>