Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Beware! The east wind! Going up Broads Fork this morning winds were calm to light, mix of sun/clouds/light flurries, and cool but not cold temps. A few hundred feet from the top of Bonkers winds became sustained moderate to strong from the east. Drifts on the leeward (west facing) side of the ridge were deeper than 2 feet in places and cracked easily under my skis. I'd expect and new wind slabs in steeper terrain to be touchy, and potentially up to D2. Lots of snow to blow around out there! After skiing Bonkers (still 5-star pow!), observed that winds off the ridge line were still calm to light, so this seems like an isolated problem for now. Still, never trust the east wind!</p>