Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Temperatures continued to remain Cold, yet the Warm Up of 15 degrees over the last 24 hours was noticeable. The only Red Flags observed, and this was minimal and insignificant were small "Dribbler's" on the steep Sunny Aspects. Travel was limited to the Upper Elevations, and there may have been some limited activity between 8000 and 8700. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Despite having an unusually dense/supportable/deep/stable snowpack above 8500 feet for this time of year, there are still early season hazards lurking below our beautiful snow cover. </p> <p> </p> <p>HS at 9500 feet was 120 cm. </p>
Varying thicknesses of m/f Crusts were on the aspects on the lower half of the compass early in the morning. Low angle East, All North, and Low angle West all held cold dry snow. The significant settlement we have been experiencing over the past 72 hours (20%) has riding conditions becoming shallower, but still bottomless and excellent. In many places, the Low Angle Riding has improved drastically and become faster. No significant Sluffing noted yet on the steeper terrain as the surface snow continues to show signs of faceting with the cold temperatures. Once again the solars took on warmth and became damp on all aspects on the lower half of the compass up to 10,500 feet. Stubborn/Unreactive old Wind Skins and Slabs were observed on the exposed Leaward/Northerly Upper Elevation aspects.