Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
The east and northeast locations where I looked at the snow today did not have any facets at the bottom of the snowpack. In both cases these were just below 10,000 feet. The snow had a good density profile and became progressively stronger with depth. The bond between the older snow and the snow from this past weekend also appeared to be quite good. In both snow pit tests, I got very limited results with very little in the way of shearing.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The wind was moving transporting snow today but we generally avoided more wind exposed terrain. It was possible to find very small drifts that would crack underfoot but these were hardly worth a mention. I suspect in more alpine terrain this may have been more of an issue.</p>
Snow was widely variable, depending on elevation, aspect and exposure to the wind. At lower elevations, snow had warmed previously then was re-frozen this morning. At higher elevations, snow was more winter like, although south aspects were warming and will probably be firm tomorrow morning. Elsewhere, the wind was pushing around snow from last weekend. In more exposed areas this was dense and slightly grabby. On protected northerly slopes, the wind left nice soft snow that could pass for powder.