Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
- Collapsing
- isolated
Generally good ski quality. Heavier snow than past few days. Multiple avalanches reported N & AS. Snow increased throughout the day; however, winds remained lighter than recent days and wind loading was mostly confined to high elevation ridgetops. Multiple N avalanches observed, D1-D1.5 on E-NE aspects. There was 1 incident of a collapse at 9500' NE with no avalanche produced. There was cracking and small pockets releasing in steep terrain (35*+) and on convex rolls at mid elevation, 7500'-8500' E-NE. Multiple skier triggered avalanches reported; ASc-R1-D1 8500' ENE, ASu-R1-D1.5 9000' E.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 0
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 5-10
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Skies were starting to clear around 9am with light winds at 10k. By 1100 cloud cover began to increase and snow began to fall. Skies were obscured, snowfall rates increased, and wind increased around 1330.
Snowpack
New snow was heavy today with slab cohesion becoming an issue. Most reactive areas were found at mid elevation in protected areas where SH likely still existed prior to the recent load.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R2
- Type
- SS
- Count
- 3
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- N
- Elevation
- 9000 ft
Touchy conditions mostly found at mid elevation with small pockets of snow failing in steep areas & on convexities.