Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Widespread cracking and collapsing being experienced from 8500 to 9800. Avalanches observed Scotts Bowl. Wind Loading creating soft and hard slabs up to at least 50 cm deep.Poor Snowpack Structure is obviously an issue with Snow Pit Tests today yielding Propensity for Propagation on W, N, E and SE aspects. Rime Crust layer still yielding CTM SC's in facets below this Crust. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>See above. Increasing during the day on Monday and static on Tuesday as the Winds and Precip died down. </p> <p>See above as Wind Slabs were growing and creating hard and soft slabs throughout the day on Monday. </p> <p> </p> <p>Of Concern: With Hard Slabs being laid down on a Snow Pack with Widespread Poor Snowpack Structue, the potential for riders to get out further on Hard Slabs before they actually break will be a critical issue over the next few days and weeks. Also of concern, as stated yesterday, was the fact that the Winds on Sunday night and through Monday were out of the E and SE. These unusal Winds load slopes that we don't generaly see getting loaded. Slopes like rider's left on a supposedly safe area like the USA Bowl are a classic example. This slope doesn't have a big snowpack now, but there is enough of a slab up there to break and send you into thick quakies. While large and dangerous slopes like Gobblers present a huge threat and are totally suspect. </p> <p> </p> <p>No Naturals observed today or yesterday in areas traveled; and with this in mind, the Danger Rating may be considered "High Consequence Moderate". </p>
Good low to moderate angle riding in soft settled powder. Crust on Southerlies a bit grabby. Wind damage and sastrugi up near ridgelines.