Emerald Lake Slide Path

<p>25 cm of recent low density snow has not formed a slab over the Jan 30 weak layer of surface hoar and suncrust. This makes for excellent ski quality. You can see the layer easily down 25 cm, but there is no slab on top of it to react. This changes at ridge crest where today a moderate NW wind was drifting and loading the new snow into leeward pockets (bitter cold). We don't expect a widespread windslab problem, especially since it was -25, but you could probably trigger a windslab in the alpine if you tried.</p>