Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
- Collapsing
- isolated
We observed some cracking on the steepest pitches in the storm snow. Cracking was limited to the upper 1' and occurred in unsupported skin track switchbacks and to a lesser extent while skiing down. These instabilities were enough to keep us off of steep rollovers (over 30ish degrees). I heard one collapse in a wind loading area around 8,000'. Wind slabs were building on ridgelines as low as 7500'. We found a 2cm MFC "zipper" crust in the upper 8cm on southerlies below 8,000'. No angry blue grouse were observed on the tour.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 15
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 60
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
S1 snow shower activity with rimed particles, brief periods of sun