Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2438 m
- Slope Angle
- 16°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>6 out of 7 isn't bad!</p>
Really upside down snow in sheltered areas where the old blower pow did not blow away. These are the areas that I believe are easiest to trigger touchy storm slabs up to 12" deep. Be mindfull of convex rolls and areas that are not usually prone to avalanches where you could be carried into trees, gully or rocks. I think these storm slabs should settle a little over night before the next storm rolls in. The first photo represents what happens when you perk test in deep light snow than it gets really cold than all the 5% snow blows away. I do think this represents how some areas are much more prone to storm slabs than the areas where the light snow blew away.
2. quick snow profile you can see the weak layer that failed on ECTP 13 and 16 SC change from 1F to F.
Avalanche just above summer trail on steep roll. Last photo is a quick crown profile you can see the density change from 4F+ to F
Video, Just what winter ordered more moist flow.
If the snowfall rates would have continued a little longer I would have for sure said it was high this afternoon. But skies cleared here in Ogden. Should be high tomorrow if precip rates are what is forcasted.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I am going with storm slab first because on test slopes these were very touchy. I worry that if we do add another 12" of snow these avalanches may not be manageable anymore. You could be more easily coaxed out onto the slab. Right now they break right at your ski tips. These could also step down to one of our buried persistent weak layers also. </p> <p>On exposed ridges I think wind slabs are likely with heavy snow blowing around today.</p>
It was very easy to tell where the old snow had blown away and you were walking on old wind crust and areas where the snow is totally upside down and a quick pole probe tells you what lies underneath. Very easy to find hard over soft snow with pole probe.