Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Shallow and stiff wind slabs on weak facets creating poor snow structure in places. No other obvious red flags noted.</p>
Rime-crust exposed by wind glistens in the sun on Cornice Ridge.
Wind jacked snow in panorama of White Pine Canyon under Mount Gog.
Corn flake sized surface hoar on the trail in mid Bunchgrass.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>These were not especially reactive to my weight, but some are pretty good sized and very hard. Many sitting on faceted snow that was on the surface in early January...</p> <p>Certainly potential for loose wet activity, especially in sunny, sheltered, solar oven-like bowls. I noticed a few naturals off cliff bands in steep terrain.</p>
Highly variable.... Better than expected in sheltered east facing terrain. Wind jacked up high. Fist-hard facets to the ground capped by large cornflake-like surface hoar lower in Bunchgrass Canyon.