Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2804 m
- Slope Angle
- 33°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Wind Loading- Very active loading along patsy marley ridge, also noted into silver fork, wolverine, etc. bascially everything north and east facing was developing cornices and active loading. Loading also noted farther down slopes than the usual starting zones from previous high winds. Some cornices were getting touchy, remotely triggered one large cornice fall while walking along the ridge roughly 10' away. Rapid Warming- While driving up LCC, noticed very new point releases in tanners and little superior. Poor Snowpack Structure- Notes in pit</p>
Will edit with a snowpilot pit tmrw. Pit dug in 250cm snow, only went down to 165. Layer of concern by far was at 224, the large 3-5cm graupel created Q1 sheer on SS. ECT failed on the same layer with no propagation.
No slab atop it now, but given a slab and graupel's persistence, this could cause trouble later.
large buried graupel
buried melt freeze crust at 228cm
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>As previously stated, N-NW facing slopes are being actively loaded. Higher winds have loaded slopes farther down in some places.</p> <p>Still buried dragons. Early February's large cycle seems to be ending. I still would be aware of steep E-N-NW facing slopes</p>
5cm of new snow, mostly plates and stellars from yesterday. under that, roughly 10-20 cm of rimed decomposing snow atop large graupel from previous front and period of high convection. Melt freeze crust formed today on south-southwest facing slopes from warm temps and sun. nothing noted on shaded or west->north->east slopes