Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>wind slab collapsing in weak layer under the rain crust</p>
1. grauple on the ice/rain crust
2. Fist density snow under the crust (layer of failure)
3. Wind slab
My observation of moderate conditions is for the wind protected areas in the woods. I believe the wind slab areas on the ridges are considerable though.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I did not spend a lot of time on the ridges but the wind slabs were sensitive</p> <p>The 12 inches of new snow is sitting on grauple (photo) which is sitting on the rain crust. The problem is the fist density snow below the rain crust. (photo) This failed consistently at ECT 13 with high quality propagation in pits from 7K-8K. </p>
Nice light density snow in the protected areas makes for fun fast turning, firm and hollow wind crust on the exposed areas.