Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches
Beautiful March pow day. The high peaks are still mostly white despite recent winds. Snow remained good in sheltered areas and areas not in contact with the direct sun.
South of Haystack peak we probed and it was a full (280cm) length plus an arm length, over 3.5 meters deep.
As I mentioned previous there where signs of recent wind slab avalanches in the high alpine.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Winds worked the upper elevations pretty hard, there was evidence of natural wind slab avalanches at these upper elevations in steep terrain that likely happened during the last storm. But there where no winds where we were and no signs of transport today.</p> <p>In steep terrain we where able to get some of the new snow to start moving. It was pretty isolated with low energy.</p>
Snow in the morning was medium density on all aspects and elevations. As we went into the alpine the exposed high elevation areas where wind affected. As the day went on, upper elevation solars where taking on heat. As we moved down below 9500' even low angle flat areas where taking on heat, but polar aspects where staying cold. At low elevations all aspects where affected by the sun. There will be a crust on these aspects affected by the sun.