Snowpack

Observation: Beaver Mountain Backside

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Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comment
<p>Watched the danger rise as the day and the storm progressed.</p>

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Heavier new snow starting to be reactive in the afternoon. Soft slabs could pick up significant volume and depths up to 3' even at mid elevations.</p> <p>Or deep slabs becoming ever more likely as significant weight is added to the widespread weak preexisting snowpack. </p>

Deep powder!  Becoming more inverted as the day progressed.   Very difficult trail breaking.  More like wallowing.