Quick report
Went for a waddle near the southern tip of the advisory area:
- No recent avalanches or obvious signs of instability
- Spotty snow (0-4") at 5000' becoming more continuous (2-6") at 6000'
- Found a couple small and isolated patches 14" deep above 6500'
- Surface conditions consisted of facets and surface hoar in sheltered areas and crust on sunny, wind-exposed slopes
- Mid-elevation snow in direct sunlight became moist during the afternoon
No signs of instability
Weather
- Air Temp
- mid 30s
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Recent Snowfall
- 0
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Inversion with cloud deck at ~4000-4500 feet. Temperature climbed above freezing at mid elevations.
Snowpack
- Surface Hoar up to 20mm in shaded patches
- 2 cm crust on solar aspects at mid and upper elevation