Quick report
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>We noted no obvious signs of instability throughout our travels.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Although we are heading into the middle of the season and riding is getting good, we should continue to be concerned and monitor weak, sugary, faceted snow near the ground that is the culprit of the persistent weak layer avalanche problem. Although the likelihood of triggering one of these avalanches is going down, the consequences remain the same. </p>
Our travels took us to Currant Creek Peak today via Nobletts trailhead for some weather station work, and of course along the way snuck in some quality control testing.
The wind had its way with much of the exposed terrain at mid to upper elevations, leaving dense wind slabs and west faceing aspects stripped in its path. That being said, with the impressive amount of snow and water that the range has been getting, things are white and the riding conditions are in pretty good shape.
We found creamy turns on the south half of the compass, in protected terrain around 9,500 feet, out of the wind zone. Almost anything that the wind got at is either completely stripped, or has formed dense wind-drits and punchy surface conditions.