Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
Shooting cracks were mainly confined to wind loaded features near treeline.
Weather
- Air Temp
- Below freezing
- Cloud Cover
- obscured
- Wind Loading
- intense
- Rain Elevation
- 2500 ft
- Recent Snowfall
- 45 cm
- Snow Avail For Transport
- large amounts
Very stormy morning to be out. Visibility was poor. Snow intensified by late morning.
Snowpack
We went from zero to hero in a matter of 24 hrs. By 9 am my partner and I observed 45-50 cm of new snow resting on the 11/30 MFcr interface. At lower elevations, this new snow is falling on bare ground. On my drive up towards Timberline, I noted small dry loose avalanches initiating on steep road cuts.
West winds were strong and drifting large amounts of snow onto leeward slopes. Test slopes reliably produced long shooting cracks.
Despite all the new snow, low- tide conditions kept us on our toes on our descent.