Point Six

Quick report

Collapsing

isolated

~40cm of medium-density new snow from the recent storm cycle, widespread wind loading from N winds (winds flowing up/over Evaro bowl... formed cornices at ridges)... some areas scoured to rocks, some >1m deep deposition areas ~50cm snow underneath, gradual increase in hardness, noticeable hardness increase at 25-30cm, then back to fragile sugary facets near ground Column test gave CT-21, breaking at the facet-hard-layer interface... loud whoomphing while traversing second switchback road on west-facing slope of Point Six... wind slabs possible Loud collapse heard while traversing NW facing (windward) slope

Weather

Air Temp

20

Cloud Cover

obscured

Wind Loading

intense

Recent Snowfall

40

Snow Avail For Transport

large amounts

N winds, ~40cm medium density new snow

Snowpack

Roughly 40cm of new snow overlying 50cm older snow... ~5cm layer of harder snow from 25-30cm... sugary facets from 0-5cm-ish CT-21, broke and propagated (?) at sugary ground-level facet layer