Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Cracking
Extreme wind today. It was quite a site to see. Sled tracks from weeks ago have been re-exposed. Wind loading is widespread and cornices are gigantic giving a false sense of the ridge underneath. I have been leaving a very wide berth around all the cornices. I was still, however, able to find excellent powder in the trees and the meadows at lower altitudes are providing great riding.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I was able to kick off a very small wind skin above very steep sheltered terrain (~50 degrees) than ran fast and far but was only about 15 feet wide. I also triggered a very small small slide on my way up onto the ridge in very safe terrain. I figured this would slide and so I used it as a test slope. Finally there was a <a href="https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanches/29863">natural </a>that occurred in the area while I was lapping trees.</p>
2 inches of snow fell on my wind sheltered skin track late afternoon/early evening Saturday. Widespread wind loading in all open terrain above 9000 ft.