Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p> A few red flags out there today. New weight on the pack of 2.21" of H2o was my main concern. Winds transported some snow on 10k ridgelines onto SE aspects from fetch zones on NE aspects. Small SS~AS~U~R1~D1 triggered on south aspect at 9500' breaking trail up to the pass. </p>
Pic. 1. Small windslab on south facing cardif pass.
Pic 2. Activity from a point release which spread out and triggered a shallow density change within the storm snow.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>For tomorrow wet activity would be my number one concern tomorrow with high temps at Alta in the low 40's. </p>
Reported numbers at Alta were 24" new that settled down to around 17". Around 2.21" of H2o which made for 9.2% density. South had a thick crust that you could occasionally feel on steeper slopes. On aspects other than south not much of a bottom was felt. Sunny aspects 8k and below got cooked.