Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>There was some new cornices that developed on the ridge from recent winds and it looks as though the winds were from both a south and north direction during the week. I did get a couple wind drifts to crack up to 10" deep, but they were not very sensitive.</p>
Just a few minor wind drifts that cracked out up to 10" or so and did not pose a big problem unless in steep terrain.
Found some minor density changes below the new snow, I would think these will settle out quickly.
The coverage is looking great around Gold Hill and the riding conditions are very good with easy travel and riders have been getting into some of the steeper slopes.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I did not travel into the upper elevation areas where the wind slabs were likely more of an issue. At this location the wind drifted snow appeared to be unreactive and would just crack around skis. Should be a fresh round of drifts with a new storm this evening.</p>
The snow has been slowly adding up over the last few days with about 14" in the Gold Hill area of nice medium to low density snow that rides and turns quite nice. The winds looked like they decreased at the tail end of the storm and I observed very little drifting on this south side of the Gold Hill Ridge line.