Observation: Cutler Ridge

Quick report

Red Flags

Rapid Warming

Red Flags Comment

<p>With a decent refreeze overnight, things were pretty well behaved in the morning. Upper elevation SE had nice supportable spring snow softening around 9-930 am. More easterly and northerly aspects had not quite baked down enough to be supportable. Below about 7,500' all aspects were suportable intially. Supportable didn't last long, with the ski tails starting to crash through every so often on my exit at 1100. Given that the snowpack is still rather structured above about 7,500', with multiple crusts for meltwater to pool, and given the warm night tonight and warm day tomorrow, would expect some wetslabs to come out in addition to the normal wet loose activity. Lower elevations have made more of a transition to spring (where there is still snow) and may be less of an issue. There was also evidence of a small wind slab that came out just off the ridgeline, seemed to come out Sunday based on the amount of snow on the debris, was not an issue where I was on SE today at the time I was there, but maybe you could have pried one out later in the day with warming. Considerable for warming tomorrow.</p>