Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Red flags are for today. Recent crowns on SR153 below Merchant Valley in seperate ob. A lot of drifting, much soft cracking. Impossible to isolate new snow on pole cloumns and ECTPV. I was not able to isolate the upper poertion of the snow pack including the densty inversion. Sluffing during the storm in areas >40 degrees. I would not be surprised if there was a natural cycle during the night.</p>
I would speculate that the hazard is primarily in the storm snow which is now >24". Based on what I saw yesterday the storm snow sits on facets and a weak sun crust underlain by facets.
Solid considerable hazard to say the least. I could see it spiking to high during periods of increased PI.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Considerable hazard.</p> <p>I would expect sensitive wind slabs in wind loaded areas. Many areas of thick drifted snow today.</p>
12" overnight.
HST (48 hrs) is >24" @10,000', a bit of a density inversion in the upper 8".