Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Stayed on the sunny side of life today. No blowing snow/wind loading despite some steady light winds and light density snow. Snow still feels "untouched" by the wind. With these light winds I could see the possibility of some wind-pressed slab formed? Observed a natural cycle on the easterlies of Cardiac Ridge, appeared to go mid storm within new snow, up to size 1.5. </p>
A miracle we still haven't had winds. Riding conditions are phenomenal, but I dread the uptick of the wind or even the sun. Souths will see some wet loose when the sun makes a solid experience (hard to imagine it's already 1/25, sun is starting to get stronger). As mentioned before, I think the wind will change things quick as far as the stability/instability goes, nice to see limited AX activity into old snow iwth a solid 1"+ of water put on the fragile pack.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>New snow seems to be behaving fairly well with the lack of sun/warming today. Not much sluffing noted even in >35* terrain. Did not observe any wet activity as of 14:00, expect when the sun pops for good this will change. Same with wind, still lack of wind has no wind slab formation, expect to change when winds ramp up. </p>
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