Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of collapsing as I traveled around and the snow pack is still weak with poor stability. </p>
1. The approaches to the mid and higher elevation riding areas are still thin and brushy. 2. On this test slope, I was able to collapse the weak layer and fracture the slope from a thin shallow spot.
Still not that much snow in the Gold Hill area and poor snow pack stability.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>It does not look like the persistent weak layers are going away anytime soon. Some of the energy in the snow pack has relaxed, but it is still quite easy to collapse the weak layer.</p> <p>Isolated to the higher ridgelines, the recent wind slabs are cracking and collapsing under the additional weight of a person. </p>
Riding conditions are slowly improving, but I felt I was still riding on the ground and things felt punchy.