Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
- Elevation
- 2957 m
- Slope Angle
- 28°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Cross loading winds wreaked havoc on ridge line</p>
While the thermometer read -1°, the September rounding facets seemed moist. When pressed the grains stuck together. Cross loading on the ridges was complex from the winds shifting mid storm. While the tops of some ridges were scoured, only a few feet down a wind slab was growing. High spatial variability. CT was performed 2x and CT Moderate with Sudden Collapse was found both times on the September and new snow/graupel interface. ECTN 15 was not a reliable test due to rocks
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Old September snow interface with first wave of storm graupel created a very weak setup. </p> <p>Wind slabs were present on the N aspects, . Observed near ridge line wind slab growth.</p>