Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The wind has wreaked a bit of havoc in high elevation exposed areas creating pockety wind slabs all over the place. These are built on a "base" of structureless 2-3 ft deep tower of facets. Stepping just off the skin track I was able to hear multiple audible collapses.</p>
No shovel needed to dig a pit. Just layer upon layer, albeit shallow ones, of facets. The variable wind slabs ranges from 1-6" in depth and were saucer-like in shape.
Snowpack
The snow offered up a multitude of options including stiff wind crusts, faceted loose "powder", breakable wind crusts, and both supportable and unsupportable bases.