Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Cornices Touchy and calving with minimal effort on slopes with no runout issues, and they were releasing on buried NSF's. Hand shears affirming same weaknesses both at the new snow/old snow interface as well as another weak layer 45cm down. </p>
Moderate Danger in areas traveled, but Likely Considerable in more exposed and loaded Upper Elevation terrain as well as in areas that received more snow than 20cm.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>P Slab structure continues to be easy to identify with at least 2 buried layers of NSF's. </p> <p>Cracking observed with no movement on 30 to 33 degree slopes. Cornices were Touchy as described above. </p>
East through South took on heat today and will have a crust. Excellent powder riding on non-solar exposed slopes. "Cakey"/dense settled powder on S and SW exposures. Wind sheltered terrain very good.
5cm of new snow during the day.