Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No red flags where I traveled, but I would imagine with the warm weather some lower elevation sunny slopes are getting soft and unsupportable.</p>
With spring riding conditions coming on with stable and supportable snow, Craig Gordon has been talking about riders getting into steeper terrain and thinking about the slopes we choose to ride. This northeast facing slope in upper Whitney Basin had a large cornice fall and triggered a small avalanche in the recent past. This area went through a natural avalanche cycle earlier in the winter and has remained shallow with weak snow. Trying to know a little history of the slopes we want to ride is always good information to have.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Went with normal caution for the main problem out there, looking around and seeing where folks have been riding, there has not been any issues that I can tell. The winds have been on the light side and not much loose snow to blow around. </p>
Even with the warm temperatures, the snow conditions are still quite good. There is cold dry snow on the higher north facing slopes, a few sun and wind crusts around with supportable snow on all aspects.