Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Elevation
- 3078 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
I haven't dug around in the 10000' range for a while now and I was quite pleased with what I found today. The new snow is stable and the older snow from Thanksgiving is looking quite good. I do not see any significant weak layers anywhere in the snowpack at this time.
There was much less avalanche activity from during the storm than I would have anticipated. Actually, I saw no significant avalanches from the storm at all. There was widespread cornice falls but they did not trigger any serious avalanches once they hit the slopes below.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I had "Wind Slabs" in my forecast today as the primary concern with a CONSIDERABLE danger rating for the higher north through east facing steep wind loaded slopes. After poking around today I would rate the danger as LOW to MODERATE. The recent wind drifted snow seems to be plastered into place. I hit tons of high elevation north through east facing steep test slopes with my machine today and had no results whatsoever. </p>
Some wind crusts and firmer snow along the high ridges but not as much wind damage as I expected.