Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We observed an avalanche in the new snow off of Catchers Mitt off of Kessler's peak and throughout the day we observed wind transport, most prominently at upper elevations and ridge-lines. </p>
Today we went into the Meadow Chutes via Greens Basin. We were protected from the worst of the wind for most of the day until we got to the ridgeline. Although there was some snow transport that we observed, it wasn't as much as I had expected given the amount of new snow we received. The new snow, at upper elevations, is medium density which may have contributed to the lack of transport observed. At mid and lower elevations the snow was already becoming wet and on our way down we observed small roller balls on an East facing aspect.
Snowpack
At the bottom of the new snow is a grauple layer that at upper elevations is much smaller than it is at lower elevations. The grauple layer was most prominent at mid elevations and we observed some pooling.