Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The only red flags the past three days has been the roller balls on the South slopes. </p>
There are ski and board tracks everywhere and some bold uptracks as well. See photo, blue line. Second photo of wind loading. Video of the snowpack at 7200ft.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The video attached shows 175 cm (70 inches) of snow at 7200 ft. I found only a couple of inches of facets on the ground and none midpack. Strong snowpack at this elevation. There was very little snow at this elevation on Dec. 11th and thus nothing to turn to facets. </p> <p>South winds on the ridges have put some wind on the leeward slopes. The warmer temps seem to be keeping it in place, no activity with ski cuts. </p>
Touring the past three days, with each day getting more difficult to find dry snow. But it is still there in the mid elevation shaded northern protected slopes. No corn yet, just wet junk on the east and south slopes. Rollers balls starting to form on the South slopes.