Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2713 m
- Slope Angle
- 28°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Cracking was much less obvious than two days ago, however basic snow structure is unchanged. Above 8500' facets at new snow interface and at late November snow interface are still problematic. The latter probably explains some of the deeper avalanches reported over the last couple days. </p>
New snow was very sensitive but didn't propgate only because pit was out of the wind.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Two thin gray lines were immediately obvious when digging the quick pit below (new snow/old snow interface and below the snow we recieved in late November). This pit was in a very sheltered area, so surface snow was not slab like. In a wind drifted area, this would have been a different story. Odd loading patterns noted above could also mask some of these drifts. The rain/rime crust did not seem to be noticable enough at higher elevations to cap any of these weak layers.</p> <p>As noted above, wind seemed to be out of a couple different directions (including east) producing odd loading patterns. This plus facets is problematic.</p>
Rain crust more notable up to about 8000'. Snow was much more right side up than two days ago.