Quick report
- Aspect
- West
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3048 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>One collapse on PWL noted at 9700' north facing</p>
Wanted to look at low elevations as well. Pit on NNW aspect at 7850'. HS - 45 cm with lowest 3cm at the ground damp 3mm rounding facets. Transitional northerly aspects from low/mid will be suspect with enough load on this PWL.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>PWL to be taking a significant amount of loading over the next week or so and will become dangerous. Despite ECTX on westerly at 10k, I suspect that the loading will tip many slopes toward avalanching. No cracking/collapsing noted.</p> <p>Hard slabs abound. No hollow sounding wind slabs, but extensive scouring and drifting noted everyone in the upper elevations.</p> <p>SIGNIFICANT SCOURING AND DRIFTING UPPER ELEVATIONS WHITE PINE - HIGH VARIABILITY</p> <p> </p>
Wind, clouds, and warmth starting to deteriorate weak surface snow. Areas of surface hoar were laying down if present at all. Upper elevations exceedingly wind affected (upper White Pine on southwest flow, anyone?)....whereas mid/low elevation northerly snow surfaces warm; even damp at mid/low transitional zone.