Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>No red flags today...</p>
I found widespread surface hoar adorning snow surface on the ridge and in the starting zones of the big east facing avalanche paths in West Card Canyon.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I did not see any evidence of recent natural deep slab activity in the North Logan Peak or Upper West Card Areas. The snow on the west facing slopes in upper spring hollow were much more supportable than they were a few weeks ago and the snow was harder. But I could still find shallow, scoured areas with dry sugary faceted snow in the basal layers of the snowpack near the ridge top.</p> <p> </p> <p>The weakest snow is on the surface. I found well developed and intact feathers of surface hoar and shallow soft snow capping a melt-freeze crust is getting sugary and faceted.. likely a future persistent weak layers when buried by heavy storm snow from a series of moist Pacific storms which will impact the area later in the week.</p> <p>I gave the large cornices along the ridge lots of room, but did not see any fresh cornice fall activity.</p>
Nice supportable melt-freeze crust under 2 to 6 inches of soft recrystallized powder-like snow. Somewhat sun-affected on southerly slopes, but still pretty cold. I could get some shallow dry sluffs to run on very steep test slopes, but i saw no threat of wet activity in Spring Hollow or West Card Canyon.