Weather
- Air Temp
- 38
- Cloud Cover
- few
- Wind Loading
- none
- Snow Avail For Transport
- small smounts
Increasing NW winds ahead of an approaching dry cold front.
Snowpack
The snowpack in this area is shallow and limited to northerly aspects, just like everywhere else in the forecast area. We encountered around 1 to 1.5 feet of snow near 8,500' on shaded slopes across NW-N-NE aspects. The snowpack generally consists of faceted snow on top of ice. Down near 8,000', there was 4 to 6 inches of snow cover, again mostly faceted snow. Along the ridgetops proper, a mix of faceted snow and firm, wind packed snow exists. Areas of wind slab were relatively small and did not reveal signs of instability. Sun exposed slopes are bare ground.