Quick report
We headed to the west side of the Flathead Range with hopes of a more direct approach to upper elevations.
- We walked on dirt to 5500 feet. Snow went from wet and patchy to consistent coverage and refrozen at 6400.
- The snowpack at 7,000 was homogeneous and supportable. We did not find any wind slabs or even enough loose snow to be transported very easily.
- Rain started falling at 1:00 and it transitioned from snow to rain at around 6,600 feet.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- previous
- Rain Elevation
- 6500
- Recent Snowfall
- 4
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Day started off near or below freezing. Front came through at around 1100. Winds increased to upper teens and low twenties at upper elevation ridgelines.
Snowpack
Snowpack surfaces were worked over by rain and wind up to our high point of 7000 feet.